Als ich auf dem Euphrat schiffte
German source:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Als ich auf dem Euphrat schiffte,
Streifte sich der goldne Ring
Finger ab in Wasserklüfte,
Den ich jüngst von dir empfing.
Also träumt ich. Morgenröte
Blitzt ins Auge durch den Baum,
Sag, Poete, sag, Prophete!
Was bedeutet dieser Traum?
As I sailed on the Euphrates
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
As I sailed on the Euphrates,
The golden ring you recently gave me
Slipped from my fingers
Down into the watery depths.
So I dreamed. Red dawn
Flashed into my eyes through the trees,
Tell me, poet, tell me, prophet!
What is the meaning of this dream?
Als ich auf dem Euphrat schiffte
German source:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
As I sailed on the Euphrates
English source:
Richard Stokes
SULEIKA
SULEIKA
Als ich auf dem Euphrat schiffte,
As I sailed on the Euphrates,
Streifte sich der goldne Ring
The golden ring you recently gave me
Finger ab in Wasserklüfte,
Slipped from my fingers
Den ich jüngst von dir empfing.
Down into the watery depths.
Also träumt ich. Morgenröte
Blitzt ins Auge durch den Baum,
Sag, Poete, sag, Prophete!
Was bedeutet dieser Traum?
Composer
Hugo Wolf
Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf was born on 13 March 1860, the fourth of six surviving children, in Windischgraz, Styria, then part of the Austrian Empire. He was taught the piano and violin by his father at an early age and continued to study piano at the…
Poet
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang Goethe was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on…