The sea | Eternally eternally eternally roars the sea

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by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Das Meer

(Sung text for setting by L. Vycpálek)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

   Ewig ewig ewig braust das Meer . . .

   Und wir lagen in festverschloss'nem Haus
 ...  geschmiegt Brust an Brust,
dachten nicht mehr an das Meer,
das ewig ewig ewig braust.
Und  ...  schliefen  ...  ein.
Da in der Nacht weckt mich das Weib
zitternd mit aufgeriss'nem Auge:
"Mann, Mann, siehdas Schiff,
das kämpfende Schiff auf brausendem Meer?"
Wir stoßen den Laden auf --
Das Meer . . .

   Ewig ewig ewig braust das Meer.

Composition:

Ladislav Vycpálek

Visionen: Tuchy a Vidiny

Czech (Čeština)

Text Authorship:

by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942), "Das Meer", appears in Tag und Nacht: Gedichte

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The sea", copyright © 2017, (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: 2007-09-22
Line count: 13
Word count: 84

The sea

(Sung text translation for setting by L. Vycpálek)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

   Eternally eternally eternally roars the sea. . .

   And we lay in the tightly-locked-up house
 ...  nestled breast to breast,
no longer thinking of the sea
that roars eternally eternally eternally.
And  ...  fell asleep.
In the night my wife wakes me,
trembling, with wide-open eyes:
"Husband, husband, see the ship,
the struggling ship upon the roaring sea?"
We push open the shutters --
The sea . . . 

   Eternally eternally eternally roars the sea.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942), "Das Meer", appears in Tag und Nacht: Gedichte
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This text was added to the website: 2017-05-10
Line count: 13
Word count: 82