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"Lili Marleen" (also known as "Lili Marlen", "Lilli Marlene", "Lily Marlene", "Lili Marlène" and similar variants) is a German love song which became popular during World War II with soldiers of both sides. Written as a poem in 1915, during World War I, it was published under the title ''"Das Lied eines jungen Soldaten auf der Wacht"'' (German for "The Song of a Young Soldier on Watch") in 1937 and was first recorded by Lale Andersen in 1939 under the title ''"Das Mädchen unter der Laterne"'' ("The Girl under the Lantern"). Following the Nazi invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941, Radio Belgrade became ''Soldatensender Belgrad'' and played the song frequently to entertain the German armed forces within its reach. It became popular throughout Europe and the Mediterranean among both Axis and Allied troops. ==Creation== The words were written in 1915 during World War I by Hans Leip (1893–1983), a school teacher from Hamburg who had been conscripted into the Imperial German Army.〔Leibovitz, Liel and Miller, Matthew (2008). Lili Marlene: The Soldiers' Song of World War II, p. 16. New York, NY: Norton. ISBN 978-0-393-06584-8〕 Leip reportedly combined the nickname of his friend's girlfriend, Lili, with the first name of another female friend, Marleen, who was a nurse.〔Johann Holzem: ''Lili Marleen und Belgrad 1941. Der lange Weg zum Ruhm'', 3. Auflage, 1997, S.9 ff.〕〔Ernst Probst, ''Superfrauen 10 – Musik und Tanz,'' 2008, S. 28.〕 The poem was later published as "Das Lied eines jungen Soldaten auf der Wacht" ("The Song of a Young Soldier on Watch") in 1937, now with the two last (of five) verses added. It was set to music by Norbert Schultze in 1938. It was recorded by Lale Andersen for the first time in 1939. In early 1942 she recorded the song in English, the lyrics translated by Norman Baillie-Stewart, a former a British army officer working for the German Auslandssendedienst.〔Christian Peters / Stiftung Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: ''Lili Marleen, Ein Schlager macht Geschichte,'' Bonn 2001.〕 Tommie Connor later wrote English lyrics with the title "Lily of the Lamplight" in 1944. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lili Marleen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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