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Joe Offer Lyr Req: Engl. version of 'Der wilde Wassermann' (20) RE: Lyr Req: Engl. version of 'Der wilde Wassermann' 12 Aug 16

My first attempt at translation, before help from Reinhard, was this:

THE WILD WATER SPIRIT

There lived a wild water spirit
Before the castle well above the lake
He came from royal stock,
The beautiful, young Lilofee.

That didn't satisfy me, so my second attempt was this:
    OK, so "freit" may come from the word "free," and the word "befreien" means "to set free"; but let's translate "freit" that way.


    DER WILDE WASSERMANN SONGTEXT

    Es freit ein wilder Wassermann
    Vor der Burg wohl über dem See
    Er freit nach königlichem Stamm,
    Der schönen, jungen Lilofee.
    		 THE WILD WATER SPIRIT

    A wild water spirit,
    Before the castle well above the lake
    Set free one from royal stock,
    The beautiful, young Lilofee.

I'll edit in my final translation above.

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