Quietly at night many a ship sails

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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Meerfey

(Sung text for setting by R. Schumann)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FIN FRE

Still bei Nacht fährt manches Schiff,
Meerfei kämmt ihr Haar am Riff,
Hebt von Inseln an zu singen,
Die im Meer dort untergingen.

Purpurrot, smaragdengrün
Sieht's der Schiffer unten blühn,
Silberne Paläste blinken,
Holde Frauenmienen winken:

Wann die Morgenwinde wehn,
Ist nicht Riff noch Fei zu sehn,
Und das Schifflein ist versunken,
Und der Schiffer ist ertrunken.

Composition:

Robert Schumann

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Text Authorship:

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Verloren", appears in Gedichte, in 7. Romanzen

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Perdu", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2005-03-24
Line count: 8
Word count: 45

Mermaid

(Sung text translation for setting by R. Schumann)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Quietly at night many a ship sails,
The mermaid combs her hair upon the reef,
She begins to sing about islands
That sank into the sea at that place.

Down below the sailor sees blooming
Crimson red, emerald green,
Silvery palaces glistening,
Lovely faces of women beckoning:


When the morning winds begin to blow,
One can see neither reef nor mermaid,
And the ship has sunk,
And the sailor has drowned.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Verloren", appears in Gedichte, in 7. Romanzen
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Line count: 8
Word count: 54