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Emily Dickinson-Lieder: Natur, Zeit und Raum - Band 1
Translations © by Bertram Kottmann
by Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990)
View original-language texts alone: Songs from Emily Dickinson: Nature Time and Space - Volume 1
To venerate the simple days
Which lead the seasons by,
Needs but to remember
That from you or I
They may take the trifle
Termed mortality!
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- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems by Emily Dickinson, first published 1896
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Den Allerweltstag auch zu ehr’n,
der durch das Jahr uns führt,
heißt, man besinne sich,
dass er dir und mir
das bisschen nehmen könnt,
was sich Leben nennt.
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A spider sewed at night Without a light Upon an arc of white. If ruff it was of dame Or shroud of Gnome, Himself, himself inform. Of immortality His strategy Was physiognomy.
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- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems by Emily Dickinson, first published 1891
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Die Spinne hat bei Nacht und ohne Licht ein weißes Netz gemacht: Besatz fürs Damenkleid, ein Gnomenkleid? Sie gibt sich selbst Bescheid. Denn Unvergänglichkeit verfolgte sie mit Physiognomie.
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On this wondrous sea, Sailing silently, Knowest thou the shore Ho! pilot, ho! Where no breakers roar, Where the storm is o'er? In the silent west Many sails at rest, Their anchors fast; Thither I pilot thee, - Land, ho! Eternity! Ashore at last!
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- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems by Emily Dickinson, first published 1896
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Auf dem Lebensmeer segeln - still einher, auf, Käpt’n, auf! Kennst die Küste du, wo Meer und Sturmes Wut sind gelangt zur Ruh? Dort, im stillen West - Segel sind gerefft - ankern, sturmgefeit. Dorthin leit' ich dich - Ewigkeit in Sicht! - Land der Seligkeit!
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A drop fell on the apple tree.
Another on the roof;
A half a dozen kissed the eaves,
And made the gables laugh.
A few went out to help the brook,
That went to help the sea.
Myself conjectured, Were they pearls,
What necklaces could be!
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- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1890
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Ein Tropfen auf den Apfelbaum.
Aufs Dach ein weit’rer fiel;
sechs küssten wohl die Traufen dann -
den Giebeln es gefiel.
Ein paar halfen dem Flusse aus,
der wiederum dem Meer.
Wenn’s Perlen wärn, stell ich mir vor,
welch Halsband gäb dies her.
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Will there really be a morning? Is there such a thing as day? Could I see it from the mountains If I were as tall as they? Has it feet like water-lilies? Has it feathers like a bird? Is it brought from famous countries Of which I have never heard? Oh, some scholar! Oh, some sailor! Oh, some wise man from the skies! Please to tell a little pilgrim Where the place called morning lies!
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- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems by Emily Dickinson, first published 1891
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Wird es „Morgen“ wirklich geben? Gibt es so etwas wie „Tag“? Könnt ich’s von ganz oben sehen, wenn ich hätt’ der Berge Schlag? Hat es Sprossen wie Seerosen? Federn, wie’s der Vogel hat? Aus fernem Land zu uns gestoßen, von dem man keine Ahnung hat? Ach, Gelehrter! Ach,Matrose! Weiser, der vom Himmel fliegt! Sagt einem, der auf dem Weg ist, wo, was „Morgen“ heißt, denn liegt.
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Word count: 66