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In Verehrung - 5 Lieder für Sopran und Klavier
Translations © by Bertram Kottmann
Song Cycle by Juliana Hall (b. 1958)
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’T is an honorable thought, And makes one lift one’s hat, As one encountered gentlefolk Upon a daily street, That we ’ve immortal place, Though pyramids decay, And kingdoms, like the orchard, Flit russetly away.
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- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title
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Confirmed with Dickinson, Emily. The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Boston: Little, Brown, 1924; Bartleby.com, 2000. http://www.bartleby.com/113/4092.html
Es ehrt den Menschen, wenn er denkt und lässt ihn ziehn den Hut, wie er dies, trifft er feine Leut, im Lebensalltag tut, dass ewig einst sein Platz, dieweil Reiche vergehn, und - rostbraun - Pyramiden dem Herbstlaub gleich verwehn.
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Lightly stepped a yellow star To its lofty place, Loosed the Moon her silver hat From her lustral face. All of evening softly lit As an astral hall - "Father," I observed to Heaven, "You are punctual."
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- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in The Single Hound, first published 1914
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Sacht betrat ein gelber Stern seinen Himmelsfleck, Luna zog das Silbertuch vor ihrem Lächeln weg. Abendhimmel matt erhellt wie ein Sternensaal - „Vater“, sagte ich hinauf, „pünktlich, Dein Signal.“
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Prayer is the little implement Through which men reach Where presence is denied them. They fling their speech By means of it in God’s ear; If then He hear, This sums the apparatus Comprised in prayer
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- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title
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Confirmed with Dickinson, Emily. The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Boston: Little, Brown, 1924; Bartleby.com, 2000. http://www.bartleby.com/113/1080.html
Beten, heißt das kleine Instrument, mit dem man schafft, was einem abgelehnt. Gebetes Kraft so er es hört, dringt vor an Gottes Ohr - Gebet, kurz resümiert, so funktioniert.
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Papa above! Regard a Mouse O'erpowered by the Cat; Reserve within thy Kingdom A "mansion" for the Rat! Snug in seraphic cupboards To nibble all the day, While unsuspecting cycles Wheel pompously away.
Papa dort oben! Beacht’ die Maus bezwungen von der Katz; merk vor in deinem Reich ‘nen „Landsitz“ für die Ratz! In Himmels Futterkästen nascht sie zu jeder Stund, indes nichtsahnend Zyklen ziehn prunkvoll Rund um Rund.
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The grave my little cottage is, Where keeping house for thee, I make my parlor orderly And lay the marble tea For two divided briefly, A cycle it may be, Till everlasting life unite In strong society.
Das Grab mein klein’ Zuhause ist, führ’ Haushalt dort für dich, ich halt’ die Stube ordentlich, reich Tee im Marmorservice Für zwei, die kurz getrennt nur, mag dies ein Zyklus sein, bis dass im ewgen Leben wir sind untrennbar vereint.
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