by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Schwarzer Wald, dein Schatten ist so...
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Serbian (Српски) 
Our translations:  AFR CAT DUT ENG ENG FIN FRE ITA
Schwarzer Wald, dein Schatten ist so düster!
Armes Herz, dein Leiden ist so drückend!
Was dir einzig wert, es steht vor Augen;
ewig untersagt ist Huldvereinung.

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  • AFR Afrikaans [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (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) , "Dark forest, your shade is so gloomy", copyright ©
  • ENG English [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2020, (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) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Nera foresta, la tua ombra", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 26

Dark forest, your shade is so gloomy
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
 Dark forest, your shade is so gloomy!
 Poor heart, your sorrow presses so heavily!
 The only thing valuable to you is standing before your eyes;
 eternally forbidden is that union with love.

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 33