"Du" lyrics by Martin Suter for Stephan Eicher's L'Envolée (2012)

Hello everyone,

My German is enough to catch the overall meaning of this lovely song, but I'd love to be able to grasp its meaning better. I'd very much appreciate your help.


Du

Näbu uf em See
Riife i de Bäum
Raabe uf em Fäud
Du i mine Träum
Räge uf em Dach
Ässe uf em Füür
Rote i mim Glas
U du a mire Tür

Rusche i de Zweig
Wuouche über …
Glungge uf em Wäg
Und du u a mire hand
Summe i dr Luft
Sunne uf em Schtäg
Schpatze im Gebüsch

Du i mine Täg
i mine Täg

Näbu uf em See
Räge uf em Dach
Rusche i de Zweig
Summe idr Luft
Du i mine Träum
Du a mire Tüür
Du a mire Hand
Du i mine Täg

(The lyrics were taken from the internet here: http://www.songtextemania.com/du_son...an_eicher.html ) and although i could not find a single media link to the actual song, the text matches the music here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDqUoqa2RXg

Thank you... =)

Originally Posted by guxchax

My German is enough to catch the overall meaning of this lovely song

Where are you from? (just out of curiosity )

I gave it a try but it's not really good (I'm Austrian and I don't understand that much of Swiss German, unfortunately), but maybe there's someone from Switzerland around who could help us out.


You

Fog on the lake
Frost in the trees
Crows in the fields
You in my dreams
Rain falling onto the roof
Food cooking on the fire
Red wine in my glass
And you standing at my door

A rustling in the twigs
Wuouche über …?????
Glungge uf em Wäg???????
You and me, hand in hand
A humming in the air [not sure if it's "Summen" or "Summer" ??]
Sunshine on the jetty
Sparrows in the bushes

Haying you in my day,
in my day

My thoughts:

Näbu uf em See
Mist on the lake
Räge uf em Dach
Rain on the roof
Rusche i de Zweig
Rustling in the twig
Summe idr Luft
Summer in the air
Du i mine Träum
You in my dream
Du a mire Tüür
You by my door
Du a mire Hand
You at my hand
Du i mine Täg
You in my day


Wuouche über …
Wolken über...
Cloudes overhead...

Glungge uf em Wäg???????
Pfütze auf dem Weg
Puddles on the way (path)

I cannot lie, I had help with puddles.
http://www.dialektwoerter.ch/

But there is a lot I can't find there.

I cannot help either; that was Mimi and Steve have already done, seems perfect to me.

I do not understand either The part with "wouche" and "Glungge"

Hier is das Lied - Live:

Thank you Steve, I did listen to the song before, but I couldn't figure it out, what he sings :-(

Originally Posted by Mimi0920

Where are you from? (just out of curiosity )

Mexico =)

Originally Posted by feuersteve

Hier is das Lied - Live:

[video]

Not as dreamy as the album version, but it's nice to find it in youtube... =)

Thank you all for your help. I'd have never guessed 3/4 of it without you!... =)

Originally Posted by guxchax

Thank you all for your help. I'd have never guessed 3/4 of it without you!... =)

Glad to help, that's what we do.

Yes, Swiss German takes some getting used to. But I like a lot of Swiss singers.
It's a lot harder to understand by listening, that's for sure. Lyrics help a lot.

Where did you learn German? Are you still in school? Have you been to Europe?

Originally Posted by feuersteve

Glad to help, that's what we do.

Yes, Swiss German takes some getting used to. But I like a lot of Swiss singers.
It's a lot harder to understand by listening, that's for sure. Lyrics help a lot.

Where did you learn German? Are you still in school? Have you been to Europe?

Almost done with (grad-)school for good, and I've been living in Europe for almost 15 years, now...

On the language question, I took an intensive year of German in Berlitz a while back, but it was right before moving for a long season to Dutch-speaking Europe. It suffices to say that most of my German became Dutch. It was quite cool, because the common root helped me pick up Dutch much faster, but now, although I can still understand German, whenever I try to speak it, Dutch gets in my way...

=)