by
Ludwig Jacobowski (1868 - 1900)
Nimm dich in Acht, mein Lieb, du kennst...
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Nimm dich in Acht, mein Lieb, du kennst mich nicht!
So wie der Goldgrund alter Schloßtapeten
Durch tausend übermalte Farben bricht,
Um sonnenleuchtend an den Tag zu treten, -
So wie im Steppenbrande Halm für Halm
Jählings verknisternd durch die Flammen fliegen,
Um immer wieder aus dem Aschenqualm
Den schlanken Siegerleib im Licht zu wiegen -
So treib nur hin, so toll' nur lachend hin,
Wo weiße Frauenarme dich umwinden:
Denn immer - weil ich deine Sehnsucht bin, -
Wirst du in fremden meine Seele finden!
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Leuchtende Tage. Neue Gedichte von Ludwig Jacobowski,
Dritte Auflage, Berlin, 1908, page 43.
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Beware, my love, you do not know me!
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Beware, my love, you do not know me!
Just as the golden background of old wallpaper in castles
Breaks forth through a thousand overlaid colours
In order to step into the light of the day, shining like the sun, -
Just as in a fire on the steppe grass-blade upon grass-blade,
Dissolving in sparks, flies hastily through the flames,
In order to stand swaying its victorious form in the light
Ever anew from out of the ash-fumes -
Only surge onward thus, so madly laughing onward,
Where the white arms of women encircle you:
Because always - since I am your yearning, -
You shall find my soul within strangers!
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Translations of title(s):
"Meine Seele" = "My soul"
"Siegerin" = "Victorious woman"
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This text was added to the website: 2019-04-28
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