Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam...

#heine#german#translation#poem#russian#song#music#Fichtenbaum#poetry For thousands and thousands of years - until the late classic Greece times, which is nothing comparing to the scale of mankind history - the poetry and music were the same inseparable entity... I always thought the verse cannot be just read or written as a plain text, - you need to SING it! And that is why I was too shy to show my own poetry... Until now - thanks to the modern computerized world! This my channel is, let say, a creative experiment - an attempt to connect human and artificial intelligence together... I mean, to mix a human poetry with computer music, and then to add computer images and / or videos... Sometimes that human poetry is just my own (in that case I add an English translation - sorry for its clumsiness, as I cannot make it as perfect as in my native language, with rhymes and meter), sometimes it is an artistic translation to my own language (again, made by myself) - from English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, etc., - in that case I add an original verse, my verse translation, and an awkward English line-to-line translation. Sometimes there will be no original text (in case of a translation from Ancient Egyptian, or Sumerian) - only the verse translation to my language plus English line-to-line translation. By the way, I never translate too close to an original verse - because, as Goethe once said, "A translation is like a woman: if it is faithful, it is not beautiful, and if it is beautiful, it is not faithful!" I prefer to make my own version that creates the same mood and aura... Let see how it looks and sounds! ----------------------------------------- The Pine and the Palm Of course, we all know the wonderful Lermontov's translation ("На севере диком стоит одиноко..."), but it has one little flaw: in German language, the Pine is Him, and the Palm is Her, but in Russian both of them are female! So, I replaced the Pine with the Cedar to keep the correct genders... Original (German) lyrics: Heinrich Heine Russian translation: your humble servant ;) English translation: mostly Deepl Music and voice: Suno Pictures/Videos: Midjourney & Sora Let's go! Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam Im Norden auf kahler Höh. Ihn schläfert; mit weißer Decke Umhüllen ihn Eis und Schnee. Er träumt von einer Palme, Die, fern im Morgenland, Einsam und schweigend trauert Auf brennender Felsenwand. Суровый кедр в тиши снегов Уснувшей кроною качает; И холод северных ветров От сладких чар забвенья тает... И в грёзах - Пальмы лёгкий стан, Под зноем томного Востока В далёкий розовый туман Смотрящей так же одиноко... The Pine stands alone In the north on a barren hill. He sleeps, covered with a white blanket Of ice and snow. And his dreams are of the Palm, Far away in the Orient, Lonely and silent, mourning On a burning rock face.