Traducerile românești ale baladei heiniene Loreley de până la Primul Război Mondial
Romanian translations of Heine’s ballad Loreley until the First World War

Summary/Abstract: Heinrich Heine's poem Ich weiss nicht, was soll es bedeuten bears the name Loreley in all Romanian versions. This poem made Heinrich Heine famous throughout the world and was Heine's most translated poem. The name Loreley was introduced into German literature by German romantic poets, who, attracted by everything that was mysterious and symbolic in folk tales, created the image of the beautiful maiden who irresistibly attracts those who admire her into her nets. In 1802, Clemens Brentano wrote a ballad that put this name into circulation in German literature. Other poets, painters and composers were then inspired by this ballad. Over time, this became the myth of the Loreley maiden. Heine took over the myth and transposed it into the type of the mermaid woman, knowing the attraction of the German people for water fairies, also called nymphs or sirens.

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