by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation © by Erkki Pullinen

Im Rhein, im schönen Strome
 (Sung text for setting by R. Schumann)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT DUT ENG FIN FRE GRE HEB ITA SPA
Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome,
Da spiegelt sich in den Well'n
Mit seinem großen Dome
Das große, heil'ge Köln.

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

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 Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Im Rhein, im schönen Strome", op. 48 no. 6 (1840), published 1844 [ voice and piano ], from Dichterliebe, no. 6, Leipzig, Peters

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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


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 65

Language: Finnish (Suomi)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Reinin, pyhän/ihanan
 virran 
aaltoihin kuvastuu 
mahtavine tuomiokirkkoineen 
suuri ja pyhä Köln.

Sisällä kirkossa on taulu, 
joka on maalattu kullatulle nahalle; 
elämäni erämaahan 
se taulu on luonut ystävällisiä säteitään.

Kukkia ja pieniä enkeleitä leijuu 
Pyhän Neitsyen ympärillä; 
hänen silmänsä, huulensa, poskensa 
ovat aivan samanlaiset kuin rakkaimmallani.

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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-22
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Word count: 46