103 Great Poems A Dual-Language Book

Exceptionally fine poetry by Germany's greatest literary figure spans a wide range of styles, forms and moods, offering a rich selection of the poet's versefrom his earliest, "An den Schlaf" ("To Sleep"), written when he was 18, to his last great poem, "Verdauml;chtnis" ("Legacy"), written when he was 80. Excellent line-for-line English translations of such masterworks as "Prometheus," "Rastlose Liebe" ("Restless Love"), "An den Mond" ("To the Moon"), "Zigeunerlied" ("Gypsy Song"), "Der Zauberlehrling" ("The Sorcerer's Apprentice"), and many more. Excellently translated by Stanley Appelbaum, with an Introduction, Commentary, and other apparatus.

Introduction and Commentary
An den Schlaf (To Sleep)
Die schöne Nacht (The Beautiful Night)
Am Flusse (By the River)
Willkommen and Abschied (Welcome and Farewell)
Mit einem gemalten Band (With a Painted Ribbon)
Mailed (May Song)
Heidenröslein (Little Rose on the Heath)
Wanderers Sturmlied (Wayfarer's Storm Song)
Zigeunerlied (Gypsy Song)
Mahoments Gesang (Hymm of Mohammed)
Das Veilchen (The Violet)
Der untreue Knabe (The Faithless Lad)
Der König in Thule (The King in Thule)
Ganymed (Ganymede)
An Schwager Kronos (To Coachman Kronos)
Prometheus (Prometheus)
"Neune Liebe neues Leben (New Love, New Life)"
Auf dem See (On the Lake)
Bundeslied (Song of Alliance)
Wonne der Wehmut (Bliss in Melancholy)
Jägers Abendlied (Huntsman's Evening Song)
Hoffnung (Hope)
Wandres Nachtlied (Wayfarer's Night Song)
  "["Der du von dem Himmel bist"]"
An Charlotte von Stein (To Charlotte von Stein)
Rastlose Liebe (Restless Love)
"Alles geben die Götter, die unendlichen"
  "("The gods, the infinite ones, give everything")"
An den Mond (To the Moon)
Harzreise im Winter (Journey to the Harz in Winter)
Der Fischer (The Fisherman)
Grenzen der Menschheit (Limitations of Humanity)
Gesang der Geister über den Wassern
  (Hymn of the Spirts over the Waters)
Liebhaber in allen Gestalten (A Lover in All Shapes)
Wandrers Nachtlied [Ein Gleiches]
  "(Wayfarer's Night Song [Another]) ["Über allen Gipfeln"]"
Erlkönig (Elf King)
Der Sänger (The Minstrel)
"Harfenspieler (Harpist) ["Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen aß"]"
Das Göttliche (The Divine Principle)
Mignon (Mignon)
  "["Kennst du das Land, wo die Zitronen blühn"]"
Zueignung (Dedication)
Anakreons Grab (Anacreon's Grave)
"Mignon (Mignon) [Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt"]"
Cophtisches Lied (Song of the Great Cophta)
Ein andres [Cophtisches Lied II]
  (Another [Song of the Great Cophta II])
Amor als Landschaftsmaler (Cupid as Lanscape Painter)
Römische Elegie I (Roman Elegy I)
Römische Elegie III (Roman Elegy III)
Römische Elegie IV (Roman Elegy IV)
Römische Elegie V (Roman Elegy V)
Römische Elegie XVI (Roman Elegy XVI)
Der Rattenfänger (The Ratcatcher)
Die Spinnerin (The Spinner)
Meeres Stille (Calm at Sea)
Glückliche Fahrt (Fortunate Voyage)
Mignon (Mignon)
  "["Heiß mich nicht reden, heiß mich schweigen"]"
"Harfenspieler (Harpist) ["An die Türen will ich schleichen"]"
Nähe des Geliebten (Nearness of the Loved One)
Wer kauft Liebesgötter? (Who'll Buy Cupids?)
"Mignon (Mignon) ["So laßt mich scheinen, bis ich werede"]"
Der Schatzgäber (The Treasure Seeker)
Die Brant von Korinth (The Bride of Corinth)
Der Gott und die Bajadere (The God and the Bayadere)
Der Zauberlehrling (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
Der Musensohn (The Son of the Muses)
[Sonett] ([Sonnet])
  "["Natur und Kunst, sie scheinen sich zu fliehen"]"
Tischlied (Banquet Song)
Schäfers Klagelied (Shepherd's Song of Lament)
Epilog zu Schillers Glocke
  "(Epilogue to Schiller's "Song of the Bell")"
Vanitas! vanitatum vanitas! (Vanity! Vanity of Vanities!)
Metamorphose der Tiere (Metamorphosis of Animals)
Schweizerlied (Swiss Song)
Der Totentanz (The Dance of Death)
Die wandelnde Glocke (The Walking Bell)
Gefunden (Found)
Ballade (Ballad)
Kriegsglück (Fortunes of War)
Elemente (Elements)
Phänomen (Phenomenon)
"Solang man nüchtern ist" (All the time a man is sober")"
Selige Sehnsucht (Blissful Longing)
"Schenke (Cupbearer) ["Nennen dich den großen Dichter"]"
Siebenschläfer (The Seven Sleepers)
"In tausend Formen magst du dich verstecken"
  "("You may conceal yourself in a thousand forms")"
Lied und Gebilde (Song and Formation)
"Hatem (Hatem) ["Nicht Gelegneheit macht Diebe"]"
"Suleika (Suleika) ["Hochbeglückt in deiner Liebe"]"
"Als ich auf dem Euphrate schiffte"
  "("As I was boating on the Euphrates")"
"Suleika (Suleika) ["Was bedeutet die Bewegung?"]"
"Haten (Hatem) ["Locken, haltet mich gefangen"]"
Lust and Qual (Pleasure and Torment)
Prooemion (Prooemium)
Urworte. Orphisch (Primal Words. Orphic)
Eins und alles (The One and the All)
Paria (Pariah)
An Madame Marie Szymanowska [Aussöhnung]
  (To Madame Marize Szymanowska [Reconciliation])
  [No. 3 of Trilogie der Leidenschaft]
Elegie (Elegy) [No. 2 of Trilogie der Leidenschaft]
An Werther (To Werther) [No. 1 of Trilogie der Leidenschaft]
Bei Betrachtung von Schillers Schädel
  (On Contemplating Schiller's Skull)
"Aus den Gruben, hier im Graben"
  "("From out of the pit, here in the lion's den")"
"Dämmrung senkte sich von oben" ("Twilight has descended from above")"
Den Vereinigten Staaten (To the United States)
Der Bräutigam (The Bridegroom)
Dem aufgehendenVollmonde (To the Rising Full Moon)
Vermächtnis (Legacy)
Alphabetical List of German Titles
Alphabetical List of First Lines