by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation © by Effimia Gianniou

Am Rhein, am heiligen Strome
 (Sung text for setting by A. Urspruch)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT DUT ENG FIN FRE GRE HEB ITA SPA
Am Rhein, am schönen Strome,
Da spiegelt sich in den Well'n
Mit seinem großen Dome
Das große, das heilige Köln.

Im Dom da steht ein Bildnis,
Auf goldnem Leder gemalt;
In meines Lebens Wildnis
Hat's freundlich herein gestrahlt.

Es schweben Blumen und Eng'lein
Um unsre liebe Frau;
Die Augen, die Lippen, die Wänglein,
Die gleichen der Liebsten genau.

Note: in the first version of the poem, Heine has "heiligen" in stanza 1, line 1, word 4.

Composition:

    Set to music by Anton Urspruch (1850 - 1907), "Am Rhein, am heiligen Strome", op. 6, Heft 4 no. 1 (1875), published 1876

Text Authorship:

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "En el Rin, el bonic riu", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Jan Rot) , "In Keulen hoor ik het dond'ren", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De Rijn, die stroom o zo prachtig", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Paul Hindemith) , "In the Rhine, in the fair stream", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (Arthur Westbrook) , "In the Rhine, that noble river"
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 11, first published 1827
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Effimia Gianniou) , "Στον Ρήνο, στο ιερό ποτάμι", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Assaf Levitin) (Michal Levitin) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Nel Reno, nel sacro fiume", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Wilson Hidalgo) , "En el Rin, el santo río", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 64

Στον Ρήνο, στο ιερό ποτάμι
 (Sung text translation for setting by A. Urspruch)
 See original
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Στον Ρήνο, στο ιερό ποτάμι
αντανακλάται ανάμεσα στα κύματα
με τον μεγάλο γοτθικό θόλο
η Αγία και μεγάλη πόλη της Κολωνίας

Μέσα στον θόλο είναι μια εικόνα
ζωγραφισμένη πάνω σε χρυσαφένιο δέρμα
μέσα στην ερημιά της ζωής μου
ήταν για μένα μια ακτίνα φωτός

Λουλούδια και άγγελοι φτερουγίζουν
γύρω απ’ την Αγία μας Παρθένο
τα μάτια της, τα χείλη της, τα τρυφερά της μάγουλα
μοιάζουν να μπερδεύονται μ’ εκείνα της αγαπημένης μου

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