by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation by Giosuè Carducci (1835 - 1907)

Mit schwarzen Segeln segelt mein Schiff
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Mit schwarzen Segeln segelt mein Schiff
wohl über das wilde Meer;
du weißt, wie sehr ich traurig bin,
und kränkst mich [noch so schwer]1.

Dein Herz ist treulos wie der Wind
und flattert hin und her;
mit schwarzen Segeln segelt mein Schiff
wohl über das wilde Meer.

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1 Franz: "doch so sehr"; Griffes: "doch so schwer"

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "With black sails my ship plows", copyright ©
  • ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Con nere vele veleggia la mia nave", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • RUS Russian (Русский) (Mikhail Larionovich Mikhailov) , no title, first published 1858


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

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Language: Italian (Italiano)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Passa la nave mia con vele nere,
Con vele nere pe 'l selvaggio mare.
Ho in petto una ferita di dolore,
Tu ti diverti a farla sanguinare.
È, come il vento, perfido il tuo core,
E sempre qua e là presto a voltare.
Passa la nave mia con vele nere,
Con vele nere pe 'l selvaggio mare.

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    Set to music by Guido Alberto Fano (1875 - 1961), "Passa la nave mia", 1906 [ voice and piano ]

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Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2011-03-06
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Word count: 57