Текст песни Мёд - Лорелея

author: Heinrich Heine
translation: V. Levik

I don't know what happened to me
My soul is full of sadness.
Everything haunts me
There is one old tale.

The day fades. Fresh in the valley
And the Rhine is enveloped in slumber.
Only at one peak
The sunset is still burning.

There is a girl singing a song,
Sits high above the water
Her clothes are golden
And the comb in my hand is gold.

And her braid curls gold
And she scratches them with a comb,
And a magic song flows
So strangely strong and tender.

And, captivated by the mighty force,
The rower doesn't look at the wave
He does not see reefs under the steep, -
He looks up there.

I know the wave is ferocious
Will forever close over him, -
And that's all Lorelei
Made me sing.