Songs
Auf dem Rhein
by Robert Schumann From Lieder und Gesänge, ii (1840) Op. 51 1840, 1841, 1846, 1849
Auf dem Rhein
German source:
Karl Leberecht Immermann
Sie an verborgnem Ort
Den goldnen Schatz begraben,
Der Nibelungen Hort.
Ihn wahren deine Wellen
Bis an den Jüngsten Tag,
Zu der geheimen Stellen
Kein Räuber dringen mag.
Mir ward ins Herz gesenket
Ein Schatz, gleich wie dem Rhein,
Er ist darin ertränket,
Wird ewig drinnen sein.
On the Rhine
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
In a secret place,
They have buried the golden treasure
Of the Nibelungs.
Your waves guard it
Until the Day of Judgement.
No thief can force his way
Into your hiding-place.
A treasure was sunk in my heart too,
As in the Rhine;
It drowned in my heart,
And shall dwell forever there.
Translations by Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)
Auf dem Rhein
German source:
Karl Leberecht Immermann
On the Rhine
English source:
Richard Stokes
Auf deinem Grunde haben
On your bed,
Sie an verborgnem Ort
In a secret place,
Den goldnen Schatz begraben,
They have buried the golden treasure
Der Nibelungen Hort.
Of the Nibelungs.
Ihn wahren deine Wellen
Your waves guard it
Bis an den Jüngsten Tag,
Until the Day of Judgement.
Zu der geheimen Stellen
No thief can force his way
Kein Räuber dringen mag.
Into your hiding-place.
Mir ward ins Herz gesenket
A treasure was sunk in my heart too,
Ein Schatz, gleich wie dem Rhein,
As in the Rhine;
Er ist darin ertränket,
It drowned in my heart,
Wird ewig drinnen sein.
And shall dwell forever there.
Composer
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann was a German composer and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career as a virtuoso pianist. He had been assured…
Poet
Karl Leberecht Immermann
Karl Leberecht Immermann was a German dramatist, novelist and a poet. He was born at Magdeburg, the son of a government official. In 1813 he went to study law at Halle, where he remained, after the suppression of the university by Napoleon in the…