See how clear the waves are

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by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Sieh, wie ist die Welle klar

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Unknown Language

Available translation(s): AFR CAT DUT DUT ENG ENG FIN FRE ITA

Sieh, wie ist die Welle klar,
blickt der Mond hernieder!
Die du meine Liebe bist,
liebe du mich wieder!

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Authorship:

by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Unknown Language by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , a "Russian-Polish" dance song [text unavailable]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Sieh, wie ist die Welle klar", op. 52 no. 14 (1869), from Liebesliederwalzer, no. 14 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

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
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) , "See how clear the waves are", 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) , "Vois comme la vague est claire", 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

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 19

See how clear the waves are

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 See how clear the waves are
 when the moon gazes down!
 You who are my love,
 you love me back!

Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)

Based on:

a text in Unknown Language by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , a "Russian-Polish" dance song [text unavailable]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 21