Sep 18, 2022
Der Rhein - Die Loreley
The Rhine - The Loreley
Le Rhin - La Loreley
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Der Rhein - Die Loreley
The Rhine - The Loreley
Le Rhin - La Loreley
Ich weiß nicht, was soll es bedeuten Daß ich so traurig bin; Ein Märchen aus alten Zeiten Das kommt mir nicht aus dem Sinn.
Die Luft ist kühl und es dunkelt, Und ruhig fließt der Rhein; Der Gipfel des Berges funkelt Im Abendsonnenschein.
Die schönste Jungfrau sitzet Dort oben wunderbar, Ihr goldnes Geschmeide blitzet, Sie kämmt ihr goldenes Haar.
Sie kämmt es mit goldenem Kamme Und singt ein Lied dabei, Das hat eine wundersame, Gewaltige Melodei.
Den Schiffer im kleinen Schiffe Ergreift es mit wildem Weh, Er schaut nicht die Felsenrisse, Er schaut nur hinauf in die Höh.
Ich glaube, die Wellen verschlingen Am Ende Schiffer und Kahn. Und das hat mit ihrem Singen Die Lorelei getan.
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I do not know the reason why To sorrow I’m inclined. A story from the olden days Is preying on my mind.
Light’s fading and the air is cool And quiet flows the Rhine, The mountain top’s still glowing As the sun’s last rays decline.
Seated up there, gorgeous, A maid beyond compare, Her golden jewellery glitters, She combs her golden hair.
She combs it with a golden comb And sings a song betimes, A song with a strange melody, With strange and powerful rhymes.
The boatman in his little boat, Gripped by a savage love, Does not see the rocky reef, Sees only what’s above.
I think the waves consumed them, Boat and boatman, bye and bye. And that’s what, with her singing, Was done by Lorelei.
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Die Loreley
Heinrich Heine 1797-1856
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Graphic - Giulio Aristide Sartorio 1860-1932
Die Loreley (postcard).
Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven - Die Loreley
left: Marc Vanrunxt, 1987
center: Danny Devos, 1988
right: Karel Simons, 1988
page 60 from AMVK published in 2018 by Koenig Books
Otto Lingner - Die Loreley, Woodcut after a painting, 1900.
The Loreley, sitting on the Lorely Rock in the Rhine, combing her hair. Illustration to the poem by Heinrich Heine.
Otto Scholderer - Seated Woman with Long Hair (Lorelei).
Heinrich Lossow - Die Loreley, 1880.
Loreley. Ottmar Zieher, Mnchen, 1926.