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Mein Vater, mein Vater, und hörest du nicht, Was Erlenkönig mir leise verspricht?
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My father, my father, and do you not hear what the Erl-king quietly promises me?
Translated by DrWho • 37081 8 years, 2 months ago

Discussion

Ja, das stimmt..habe ich auch im Internet gefunden..schau mal auf Linguee..

 by anitafunny 8 years, 2 months ago

Erlking, from this reference, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlking, appears to be unhyphenated and the literary meaning is "king of the fairies", however, it is probably derived from the Danish folklore ellekonge (older elverkonge), or "Elf-king.

 by DrWho 8 years, 2 months ago

Super übersetzt

 by anitafunny 8 years, 2 months ago

proper name..Erl-King??

 by anitafunny 8 years, 2 months ago

Danke, freue mich

 by anitafunny 8 years, 2 months ago

Corrected to "Erl-king" ....

 by DrWho 8 years, 2 months ago