A crown lies in the green Rhine

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by Heinrich Dippel (1825 - 1870)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Das Herz am Rhein

(Sung text for setting by W. Hill)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Es liegt eine Krone im grünen Rhein,
Gezaubert von Gold und von Edelstein,
Und wer sie erhebt aus tiefem Grund,
Den krönt man in Aachen in selbiger Stund:
Vom Belt bis zur Donau die Lande sind sein,
Dem Kaiser der Zukunft, dem Fürsten am Rhein.
 
Es liegt eine Leier im grünen Rhein,
Gezaubert von Gold und Elfenbein;
Und wer sie erhebt aus tiefen Grund,
Dem strömen die Lieder begeisternd vom Mund.
Der Kranz der Unsterblichkeit wartet sein,
Des Sängers der Zukunft, des Sängers am Rhein.
 
Ich weiß wo ein Häuschen am grünen Rhein,
Umranket von Reblaub die Fensterlein;
Drin waltet ein Herz so engelgleich,
An Gold so arm, doch an Tugend so reich:
Gehörte dies Herz an dem Rheine mir,
Ich gäbe die Krone, die Leier dafür.

Composition:

Wilhelm Hill

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Dippel (1825 - 1870), "Das Herz am Rheine"

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Harry Joelson

This text was added to the website: 2008-02-27
Line count: 18
Word count: 132

The heart by the Rhine

(Sung text translation for setting by W. Hill)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

A crown lies in the green Rhine,
Magically fashioned of gold and jewels,
And he who raises it from the depths
Shall at that same hour be crowned in Aachen:
All the lands from the Belt to the Danube are his,
The emperor of the future, the prince by the Rhine.
 
A lyre lies in the green Rhine,
Magically fashioned of gold and ivory;
And for him who raises it from the depths,
Songs stream beguilingly from his lips.
The wreath of immortality awaits him,
The singer of the future, the singer by the Rhine.
 
I know of a little house somewhere by the green Rhine,
Its windows wreathed about with grapevines;
Within it presides a heart so like an angel,
So poor in gold but so rich in virtue
If that heart by the Rhine were mine,
I would gladly give the crown and the lyre for it.

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