by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation by James Thomson (1834 - 1882)

Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT CHI DUT ENG ENG FRE HEB ITA
Ein [Fichtenbaum]1 steht einsam
Im Norden auf kahler Höh';
Ihn schläfert; mit weißer Decke
Umhüllen ihn Eis und Schnee.

Er träumt von einer Palme,
Die fern im Morgenland,
Einsam und [schweigend]2 trauert
Auf brennender Felsenwand.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 137.

1 Biegeleben: "Tannenbaum"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Marx: "schweigsam"

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Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
The pine-tree standeth lonely
In the North on an upland bare;
It standeth whitely shrouded
With snow, and sleepeth there.
 
It dreameth of a palm-tree
Which far in the East alone,
In mournful silence standeth
On its ridge of burning stone.

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This text was added to the website: 2012-10-16
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