Text by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856)
Set by
Sergei Vasil'jevich Rachmaninov (1873-1943), op. 8 no. 1 "Rechnaja lileja"
Johann Karl Gottfried Loewe (1796-1869), 1847
Translated to English by Lawrence Snyder
deutsch - français
| The slender waterlily Gazed dreaming up out of the lake. The moon greeted her from above With bright love plaints. Shyly she lowers her little head |