by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation © by Salvador Pila

Das Meer erglänzte weit hinaus
 (Sung text for setting by L. Lenz)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FIN FRE GRE ITA KOR LIT NOR SPA SPA
Das Meer erglänzte weit hinaus,
Im letzten Abendscheine;
Wir saßen im einsamen Fischerhaus,
Wir saßen stumm und alleine.

Der Nebel stieg, das Wasser schwoll,
Die Möve flog hin und wieder;
Aus deinen Augen, liebevoll,
Fielen die Thränen nieder.

Ich sah sie fallen auf deine Hand,
Ich sah sie fallen auf deine Hand;
Ich hab' von deiner weißen Hand
Die Thränen fortgetrunken.

Seit jener Stunde verzehrt sich mein Leib,
Die Seele stirbt vor Sehnen; -
Mich hat das unglückseel'ge Weib
Vergiftet mit ihren Thränen.

Composition:

    Set to music by Leopold Lenz (1803 - 1862), "Das Meer erglänzte weit hinaus", op. 40 no. 4, published 1846 [ soprano or baritone and piano ], Mainz, Schott

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Vora el mar", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Aan zee", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "The sea sparkled out in the distance", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Au bord de la mer", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Athanasios Papaisiou) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Al mare", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • KOR Korean (한국어/조선말) [singable] (곽명규 Myung-Kew Kwack) , "바닷가에서", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • POL Polish (Polski) (Stanisław Budziński) , no title, first published 1886
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2003-10-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 82

Language: Catalan (Català)  after the German (Deutsch) 
El mar brillava lluny enllà
en la darrera llum del capvespre;
a la solitària casa de pescadors
seiem tots dos, muts i sols.

La boira s'alçà, l'aigua cresqué,
una gavina volava a l'entorn;
dels teus ulls plens d'amor
queien les llàgrimes.

Jo les veia caure a la teva mà
i caigué de genolls;
de la teva blanca mà,
he begut les llàgrimes.

Des d'aquell moment, el meu cos 
es consumeix, l'ànima mor de desig;
aquesta dona infortunada
m'ha enverinat amb les seves llàgrimes.

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  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2013 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2013-03-25
Line count: 16
Word count: 83