Elfenlied
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The poem[edit]
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Translation:[edit]
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Notes[edit]
^1 In German elf also means "eleven", "wohl um die Elfe" => "just at eleven"
^2 Silpelit is a female elf in "Mörike's private mythology". Both the character and the poem were incorporated into "Der letzte König von Orplid" ("The last King of Orplid"), an interlude in Mörike's novel "Maler Nolten" ("Painter Nolten"). Eric Sams, The Songs of Hugo Wolf (2011), no. 28.