by
Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946)
In Träumen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Nicht denken und nicht fragen,
wie lange er noch mein,
nur ihn im Herzen tragen,
ihm alles Liebe sagen,
und ganz voll Güte sein . . .
Confirmed with Albert Sergel, Jenseits der Straße. Gedichte und Stimmungen, Rostock: C.J.E. Volckmann (Volckmann & Wette), 1905, page 18.
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "In dreams", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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In dreams
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Not to think and not to ask
how long he shall still be mine,
only to carry him in my heart,
to say everything that is loving to him,
and to be utterly full of kindness . . .
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