by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Im Tale
Language: German (Deutsch)
Der späte Herbst
kommt zu töten das Tal.
Traurige Blumen
erwarten ihr Hinsterben.
Verloren, mutlos
sinkt mein Blick zu Boden,
starr, wie ein Boot
versinkt in den Fluten.
Im Wald
ist jedes Leben erstorben,
jeder Stein
ist benetzt wie von Tränen.
Im Nebel geh' ich sinnend,
mir ist,
als wäre ich allein
auf der Erde.
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- ENG English (John H. Campbell) , "In the valley", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 16
Word count: 55
In the valley
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
The late autumn
comes to kill the valley.
Sad flowers
expecting this die.
Lost, dishearten'd
my gaze sinks to ground,
staring, like a skiff
sinking in the waves.
In the forest
each life is stilled,
each stone
is moistened as from tears.
I go thinking in the mist,
I am,
as though all alone
on the earth.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by John H. Campbell, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 57
