The lily undulates in the water | The lily, the shining one, undulates back and forth in the water!

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by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Im Wasser wogt die Lilie

(Sung text for setting by J. Lang)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Im Wasser wogt die Lilie, die schlanke, hin und her!
Doch irrst du, Freund, sobald du sagst, sie schwanke hin und her!
Es wurzelt ja so fest ihr Fuß auf tiefem Meeresgrund.
Ihr Haupt nur wiegt ein lieblicher Gedanke hin und her!

Composition:

Josephine Lang

Text Authorship:

by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), no title, appears in Neue Ghaselen

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The lily undulates in the water", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , no title, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2006-12-13
Line count: 4
Word count: 45

The lily undulates in the water

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Lang)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The lily, the slender one, undulates back and forth in the water!
Yet you are wrong, my friend, when you aver that she is tottering precariously back and forth!
For her foot is so firmly rooted upon the deep seabed;
Only her head, moved by a lovely thought, rocks back and forth!

Translated titles:
"Ghasele" = "Ghazal"
"Im Wasser wogt die Lilie" = "The lily undulates in the water"

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This text was added to the website: 2006-12-13
Line count: 4
Word count: 54