The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #140385   Message #3228353
Posted By: michaelr
24-Sep-11 - 12:38 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Wenn alle Brünnlein fließen
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Wenn alle Brünnlein fließen
That's due to the fact that in German, nouns have genders (e.g. the sun is female, the moon male - it's the opposite in French). "Schatz" (meaning treasure, dear) is a male noun, therefore comes with the male pronoun "ihm" (him).

Since the song is clearly sung from a man to a woman, I wrote "him (her)" in my translation.