by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation by Leonard J[ordan] Lehrman (b. 1949)
The French and the Russians control the...
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
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The French and the Russians control the land, the waves are ruled by Britain, Leaving us the realm of the air and of dreams -- and that's where we best fit in.
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Text Authorship:
- by Leonard J[ordan] Lehrman (b. 1949), stanza 6 [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), appears in Deutschland. Ein Wintermärchen, no. 7
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This text (or a part of it) is used in a work
- by Leonard J[ordan] Lehrman (b. 1949), "At the border", op. 72 no. 1, published 1984 [tenor and piano], from Ein Wanderer durch Deutschland, nach Heines Wintermärchen (A Wanderer through DEUTSCHLAND after Heine's Wintermärchen), no. 1
Researcher for this page: Leonard Lehrman
This text was added to the website: 2010-09-13
Line count: 4
Word count: 31