I must launch out my boat
Language: English after the Bangla (Bengali)
I must launch out my boat.
The languid hours pass by on the shore -
Alas for me!
The spring has done its flowering and taken leave.
And now with the burden of faded futile flowers
I wait and linger.
The waves have become clamorous,
and upon the bank in the shady lane
the yellow leaves flutter and fall.
What emptiness do you gaze upon!
Do you not feel a thrill passing through the air
with the notes of the far-away song
floating from the other shore?
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- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-11-03
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Ich muss hinaus mit meinem Boot
Language: German (Deutsch) after the English
Ich muss hinaus mit meinem Boot.
Die Stunden gehen träg am Fluss dahin –
weh mir!
Der Frühling ist verblüht und fort gezogen.
Und mit der Bürde nichtiger, verblühter Blumen
sitze ich träge wartend hier.
Der Fluss ist laut geworden;
am schatt’gen Uferwege
flattert gelbes Laub.
Welch eine Leere!
Fühlst du nicht die Erregung in der Luft,
die mit den Noten eines fernen Lieds
vom andern Ufer weht?
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This text was added to the website: 2014-04-15
Line count: 13
Word count: 68