by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)
Translation © by Wilbur Lin

Am Donaustrande
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Hungarian (Magyar) 
Available translation(s): AFR CAT CHI DUT DUT ENG ENG FIN FRE ITA
Am Donaustrande,
da steht ein Haus,
da schaut ein rosiges
Mädchen aus.

Das Mädchen,
es ist wohl gut gehegt,
zehn eiserne Riegel
sind vor die Türe gelegt.

Zehn eiserne Riegel
das ist ein Spaß;
die spreng ich
als wären sie nur von Glas.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Georg Friedrich Daumer, Polydora, ein weltpoetisches Liederbuch, zweiter Band, Frankfurt am Main: Literarische Anstalt, 1855, page 128. Appears in Völkerstimmen in bunter Reihe, in Magyarisch, no. 25.


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  • AFR Afrikaans [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • CHI Chinese (中文) (Wilbur Lin) , "在多瑙河畔", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Pauline Kroger) , copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "On the banks of the Danube", copyright ©
  • ENG English [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Sur les plages du Danube", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 43

在多瑙河畔
Language: Chinese (中文)  after the German (Deutsch) 
在多瑙河畔
一房屋坐落著
向外望去
有一紅臉少女
 
這少女
被細心呵護保護
由十道門閂
擋在門前
 
但這十道門閂
對我毫無意義
我會捏碎他們
如同捏碎玻璃

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This text was added to the website: 2008-06-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 12