Translate goethe's kennst du das land?

Answer 1

Do you know the land where the lemon trees blossom?

Among dark leaves the golden Oranges glow.

A gentle breeze from blue skies drifts.

The myrtle is still, and the laurel stands high.

Do you know it well?

There, there

would I go with you, my beloved.

Do you know the house? On pillars rests its

roof.

The great hall glistens, the room shines,

and the marble statues stand and look at me,

asking:

"What have they done to you, poor child?"

Do you know it well?

there, there

Would I go with you, oh my protector.

Do you know the mountain and its path?

The muletier searches in the clouds for his way;

in the caves dwell the dragon of the old breed.

The cliff falls, and over it the flood.

Do you know it well?

There, there

leads our way; oh father, let us go!