by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Möge Wasser, springend, wallend
 (Sung text for setting by L. Dallapiccola)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
 ... 

Hatem
 Möge Wasser springend, wallend
 Die Zypressen dir gestehn:
 Von Suleika zu Suleika
 Ist mein Kommen und mein Gehn.

Note: the text above is taken from stanza 3 of the original text.

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  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Suleika and Hatem", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (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: 18
Word count: 77

Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
 ... 

Hatem:
 May the water leape and seethe,
 and the cypresses avow to you:
 From Suleika to Suleika
 is my coming and my going.

Note: the text above is taken from stanza 3 of the original text.

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  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust

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