Sharing the magic of music - Bote in der nacht - Ships in the night

 Hi!
As you can see, I'm back from my trip to the scandinavian lands, maybe I'll even share some photos and memories later.
Todays song is a duett from one of my favourite musicals, Elisabeth, and it is called "Bote in der nacht" - literally Ships in the night. It is a duett sung by Elisabeth and her husband Franz Joseph, the later still beeing hopeful, while Sissi tries to make him believe that they do not suit, a beautiful and emotional moment, I think.
I have two translations for this song, the first is a word by word translation of the  original german lyrics the second is a word by word translation of the hungarian translation, hungarian version of the song - because I heard it first in hungarian. I try to do my best and stay as close to the original meaning as possible but english is not my mother tongue so there may be some phrases that sound odd to a nativ speaker. Just let me know and I'll try and explain and figure out how to formulate it better.
You can listen to one of the german versions here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjFjJ5VeU2s

I say one of the german versions because there were several  german productions of the show, in Vienna, in Essen, in Stuttgar and more. The actress playing and singing Sissi is the original Sissi, her name is Pia Douwes. She was the very first actress to take this role in the musical and reprised it several times.
Here is another german version with english subtitles that was NOT made by me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3qYG8wNAJM
Maya Hakvoort is singing Sissi here, another actress famous for this role but there are so many of them!

Here is my translation, based on the first german video:

Franz Joseph: You know why I’ve come?

Elisabeth: No but I have a suspicion.

Franz Joseph: Come home Sissi. We belong together. I still believe that. I love you And Love can, as they say, heal all wounds.

Elisabeth:        Love can do a lot but sometimes Love is not enough.

Belief is strong but sometimes belief itself is nothing but deception.

We wanted wonders but they did not happen

It’s time to finally admit it to ourselves:

We are like two ships in the night,

each has its own destination and its own cargo.

We meet on the sea and then it is hard to say goodbye

but we can’t choose what forces us to go on

(there might be a mistake, that’s why it is so different in the)

Franz Joseph:    You want everything but sometimes just a little is so much

Elisabeth:           Your dream is too small for me

Franz Joseph:    Be close together in the dark – isn’t that enough as a goal?

Elisabeth:           I don’t want to be your shadow

Together:           If you could see only once through my eyes

then you would no longer misunderstand me!

We are like two ships in the night,

each has its own destination and its own cargo.

We meet on the sea and then it is often hard to say goodbye

Why is it made so hard for us to be happy?

Elisabeth:           You and me, two boats in the night

Franz Joseph (at the same time): Understand me… I need you… I love you

Franz Joseph:    Why can’t you be with me?

Elisabeth:           each has its own destination and its own cargo

Franz Joseph (at the same time): Understand me… I need you… I love you

Franz Joseph:    Why are we alone?

Together:           We meet on the sea and are even more lonely than before

Why is it made so hard for us to be happy?

Franz Joseph: I love you

Elisabeth:           Understand, there are things that simply can’t be

The hungarian version can be found here(music only):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgn2DukAbik
 Janza Kata as Sissi - she was Jasmines hungarian singing voice in Aladdin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kKsD9CxKCA
 Vágó Bernadett as Sissi - she plays Belle in the hungarian musical version of Beauty and the beast and also voiced Anna from Frozen and Tiana from Princess and the frog.
I have a few more but either Franz Joseph or Sissi are sung by an actor or acress that can be heard in these two as well and I wanted to show as many different ones as possible :)

And here is my translation of the hungarian lyrics:

Franz Joseph: You know why I’ve come?

Elisabeth: No but I have a suspicion.

Franz Joseph: Come home Sissi. We belong together. I still believe that. I love you And Love can, as they say, heal all wounds.

Elisabeth:           There are feelings and strength in our hearts but there are things it can’t resolve

our faith is strong but it can’t disengage us

maybe we waited for a miracle but there is no reason to do so anymore

Even if we shared a path in the past it has already ended.

Like two galleys on the sea of the night                               (Like two galleys was later changed to Tired galleys)

but our fates are different now

you go that way, I go this way

The flood carried us close but fate parts us already

and there is no way out, no hope

Franz Joseph: If you aim too high, that is not even worth a little              (I guess he means if she wants too much she will never ever be satisfied)

Elisabeth: Maybe you are defeatist

Franz Joseph: To take care of each other, that should be the only goal

Elisabeth: How very primitive

Together:           Please try to see through my eyes once, then maybe we would understand each other

Like two galleys on the sea of the night                               (Like two galleys was later changed to Tired galleys)

but our fates are different now

you go that way, I go this way

The flood carried us a little closer but fate parts us already

Why has the light in us faded so much?

Elisabeth:           You and me two galleys on the sea of the night

Franz Joseph(at the same time): Don’t hurt me… Don’t leave me… Don’t cast me away

Franz Joseph: I would love you

Elisabeth:           but our fates are different now

you go that way, I go this way

Franz Joseph(at the same time): Don’t hurt me… Don’t leave me… Don’t cast me away

Franz Joseph:    Loneliness does not help

Together:           The flood carried us a little closer but fate parts us already

Why has the light in us faded so much?

Franz Joseph: Don’t cast me away

Elisabeth: Please, believe, what’s gone, is no more

 

And, for those, who are interested, here is the original german text, written by Michael Kunze

source: https://genius.com/Elisabeth-boote-in-der-nacht-lyrics

Franz-Joseph:
Du weißt, warum ich gekommen bin?
Elisabeth:
Nein. Aber ich ahne es
Franz-Joseph:
Komm heim, Sissi. Wir gehören zusammen. Ich glaube immer noch daran. Ich liebe dich. Und Liebe, sagt man, kann alle Wunden heilen
Elisabeth:
Liebe kann vieles, doch manchmal ist Liebe nicht genug
Glaube ist stark, doch manchmal ist Glaube Selbstbetrug
Wir wollten Wunder, doch sie sind nicht geschehn
Es wird Zeit, dass wir uns endlich eingestehn:
Wir sind wie zwei Boote in der Nacht
Jedes hat sein eig‘nes Ziel und seine eigene Fracht
Wir begegnen uns auf dem Meer, und dann fällt der Abschied uns schwer
Doch was uns treibt, liegt nicht in uns’rer Macht
Franz-Joseph:
Du möchtest alles, doch manchmal ist wenig schon sehr viel
Elisabeth:
Dein Traum ist mir zu klein
Franz-Joseph:
Sich nach zu sein im Dunkeln - genügt das nicht als Ziel?
Elisabeth:
Ich will nicht dein Schatten sein
Elisabeth & Franz-Joseph:
Könntest du einmal nur durch meine Augen sehn!
Dann würdest du mich nicht länger mißverstehn
Wir sind wie zwei Boote in der Nacht
Jedes hat sein eig’nes Ziel und seine eigene Fracht
Wir begegnen uns auf dem Meer, und oft fällt der Abschied uns schwer
Warum wird uns das Glück so schwer gemacht?
Elisabeth:
Du und ich, wir sind zwei Boote in der Nacht
Franz-Joseph (gleichzeitig):
Versteh‘ mich...
Ich brauch‘ dich...
Ich lieb‘ dich...
Kannst du nicht bei mir sein?
Elisabeth:
Jedes hat sein eig’nes Ziel und seine eigene Fracht
Franz-Joseph (gleichzeitig):
Versteh‘ mich...
Ich brauch‘ dich...
Ich lieb‘ dich...
Warum sind wir allein?
Elisabeth & Franz-Joseph:
Wir begegnen uns auf dem Meer und sind mehr allein als vorher
Warum wird uns das Glück so schwer gemacht?
Franz-Joseph:
Ich lieb‘ dich!
Elisabeth:
Begreif doch:
Was nicht sein kann, kann nicht sein

Hasbro Little Kingdom - Elsa review

"Together we'll be the greatest team/ There's ever been"

from the musical Wicked by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman, song: Defying gravity

So this little beauty is a gift from a very dear friend :) It was not a surprise but only because she knew I would have bought her myself to give Anna aka Dori a sister. Thank you very much!

 As she is not from my country, not even from the continent where I live, so her packing is a little different, we will have a look at that.

She has of course the artwork at the front and the warnings as well. The upper left corner always has a picture or two form the movie of the character but I never really paid attention to it since I could not get pictures of those really small figures in the pictures.

Elsa and Anna are a bit bigger, since it is not a full body picture of them. The picture is from the end of the movie, right before Elsa gives Anna her skates.

The background is simple and icy.

The back of the box shows how the snap ins and the mix and match works and a much bigger picure of the character than the earlier boxes I have. It even looks a bit different from the actual Elsa, look at the face.

And look at the arms and the star shaped snowflake. Not matching at all but that does not bother me one bit. Maybe they photograped some prototypes and used those photos? I don't know.

Let's free Elsa. She has two ties across her insted of only one, like the others had. She doesn't come with an extra warning paper or that catalog showing the available sets.

I'm free!

Elsa is even worse at standing than Mulan and she is bad enough. It is hard to get this young lady standing, well she is a queen... She comes with a lightblue icicle (I think) headpiece, two white flowerlike snap ins and a star shaped snowflake, they used the same blue tone for it they used for the headpiece. Elsas top has the same blue shade as well.

Her arms are painted white to mark the sheer sleeves of her ice-dress. The skirt is a different blue, it is a pretty skyblue and it is decorated with lots of moulded snowflakes that go all around her skirt.

Elsa is shy and the skirt is, just like Mulans, super hard to get off, so I'll leave it on her. Maybe she does not want us to notice that wears tights - her legs are painted skyblue, like her skirt, her bodysuit has the other bluetone that is used for her top. She wears white slippers. As soon as she rises her arms, her top goes off. Said top has some pretty icy details it's really pretty and tries to be as movie accurate as possible.

Her face is really sweet, she wears her hair in a braid with lots of moulded details.

The colors are better on this pic but the other one is sharper

I really like how the locks are done on these dollies.
Now, it's time Marina meets her sister Dori.

For the first time in forever

They are really happy to have each other. :)

They inspect the picture on the back of the box as well.

So Marine over there is...

And have lots of things to talk about so we will just leave them now. Dori shows Marina around a bit. I'm so happy I got Elsa to go with Anna only I could not decide which one to choose so it was done for me. My little kingdom gets bigger and bigger and now it has a queen!