Wie das Wasser ihn verschlungen

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

How the Waters closed above Him

Language: English

Our translations: FRE GER ITA

How the Waters closed above Him
We shall never know --
How He stretched His Anguish to us
That -- is covered too --

Spreads the Pond Her Base of Lilies
Bold above the Boy
Whose unclaimed Hat and Jacket
Sum the History --

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Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Lee Hoiby (1926 - 2011), "How the Waters closed", from Four Dickinson Songs, no. 2. [ sung text verified 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Comment les Eaux se sont fermées sur Lui", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 40

Wie das Wasser ihn verschlungen

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Wie das Wasser ihn verschlungen,
wird uns nie zuteil -
wie er seine Angst hinausschrie,
auch verborgen bleibt -

Deckt des Teichs Seerosenteppich 
kühn den Knaben zu,
des’ Jacke, Hut blieb liegen:
Schlussstrich des Gescheh’ns -

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a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title
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This text was added to the website: 2016-03-01
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Word count: 33