For I the Nonnenwerth have seen,

And Oberwinter's vineyards green,

Musical Lurlei; and between

The hills to Bingen have I been,

Bingen in Darmstadt, where the Rhene

Curves towards Mentz, a woody scene.

III

Yet never did there meet my sight,

In any town, to left or right,

A little room so exquisite,