Die Forelle
In einem Bächlein helle,
Da schoß in froher Eil'
Die launische Forelle
Vorüber wie ein Pfeil.
Ich stand an dem Gestade
Und sah in süßer Ruh'
Des muntern Fischleins Bade
im klaren Bächlein zu.
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In a bright brooklet
briskly and gaily sped
the wily trout
like an arrow past me
I stood on the bank,
and in sweet calm watched
the cheerful fish bathing
in the clear brooklet.
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Ein fischer mit der Rute
Wohl an dim Ufer stand
Und sah's mit kaltem Blute,
Wie sich das Fischlein wand.
Solang dem Wasser Helle,
So dacht ich , nicht gebricht,
So fängt er die Forelle
Mit seiner Angel nicht.
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A fisherman with his rod
stood there on the brink
and cold-bloodedly watched
how the fish turned round.
As long as the bright water
is undisturbed, I thought,
he won't catch the trout
with his angle.
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Doch endlich ward dem Diebe
Die Zeit zu lang. Er macht
Das Bächlein tückisch trübe,
Und eh' ich es gedacht,
So zuckte seine Rute,
Das Fischlein zappelt dran,
Und ich mit gegem Blute
Sah die Betrog'ne an.
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But at last the robber found
that time too long. He made
the brooklet muddy, by a trick,
and before I realized it,
his rod quivered,
the fish dangled on it,
and I with blood boiling
beheld the cheated catch.
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