by
Arno Holz (1863 - 1929)
Vor meinem Fenster
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG FRE
Vor meinem Fenster
Singt ein Vogel.
Still höre ich zu; mein Herz [vergeht.]1
Er singt,
was ich als Kind [besass]2
Und dann -- vergessen!
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1 Zeisl: "vergeht,/ Erinnerung klingt,/
Abendrot winkt, Dämmerung schwingt."
2 Zeisl: "besaß/So rein errang, so voll bezwang,/
So traut durchmaß, so ganz besaß"
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- Also set in Polish (Polski), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Grzegorz Fitelberg.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Before my window", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Un oiseau chante devant ma fenêtre", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-25
Line count: 6
Word count: 23
Before my window
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Before my window
Sings a bird.
I listen silently; my heart dissolves.1
It sings
What I possessed as a child2
And then -- forgot!
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1 Zeisl adds: "Memory sounds, /the evening glow beckons, twilight descends."
2 Zeisl adds: "So purely achieved, so fully understood,/ So familiarly compassed, so completely possessed,"
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This text was added to the website: 2013-06-28
Line count: 6
Word count: 23