Ever in my life have I sought thee with...
Language: English after the Bangla (Bengali)
Ever in my life have I sought thee with my songs.
It was they who led me from door to door,
and with them have I felt about me,
searching and touching my world.
It was my songs that taught me
all the lessons I ever learnt;
they showed me secret paths,
they brought before my sight
many a star on the horizon of my heart.
They guided me all the day long to the mysteries
of the country of pleasure and pain,
and, at last, to what palace gate have they brought me
in the evening at the end of my journey?
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- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-11-03
Line count: 13
Word count: 103
Stets hab’ in meinem Leben ich mit...
Language: German (Deutsch) after the English
Stets hab’ in meinem Leben ich mit meinen Liedern dich gesucht.
Sie führten mich von Tür zu Tür,
mit ihnen hab’ ich suchend,
tastend meine Welt erspürt.
Es waren meine Lieder,
die mich lehrten, was ich hab’ je gelernt;
sie zeigten mir verschwieg’ne Pfade;
sie lenkten meinen Blick
auf manchen Stern am Horizonte meines Herzens.
Sie führten mich den ganzen Tag zu den Geheimnissen
im Land von Lust und Schmerz.
Zu welchem Tore des Palastes brachten sie mich dann
zur Abendzeit am Ende meiner Reise?
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This text was added to the website: 2014-07-21
Line count: 13
Word count: 85
