by
Rudolph Baumbach (1840 - 1905)
Die Wasserrose
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Kreischend in die Höhe fliegt
Aufgeschreckt ein Reiher,
Und vor meinen Füssen liegt
Schilfumsäumt ein Weiher.
Eine Wasserrose ruht
Schwebend auf den Wogen
Wie ein Stern, der in die Fluth
Sank vom Himmelsbogen.
Eine Stimme mahnte leis
Mich an's eigne Leben,
Als ich sah der Blüthe weiss
Auf dem Wasser schweben.
Ihre Wurzel kriecht im See
Tief im schwarzen Schlamme,
Doch die Blüthe steigt zur Höh',
Trinkt der Sonne Flamme.
Confirmed with Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, vierte Auflage, Leipzig: A. G. Liebeskind, 1882, page 65.
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The waterlily", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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The waterlily
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Squawking, a heron flies,
Startled, up into the air,
And before me lies
A pond bordered with reeds.
A waterlily rests
Floating upon the waves
Like a star that sank into
The waters from the arch of heaven.
A voice quietly reminded me
Of my own life,
As I saw the white flower
Floating upon the water.
Its roots in the lake crawl
Deep in the dark mud,
But its flower rises to the heights,
[And] drinks the flame of the sun.
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