Epitaph | Lonely hands have

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by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Grabschrift

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Einsame Hände haben
mein Herz zur Ruh gewiegt,
dass es gleich einem Kinde
verträumt und seligstille liegt.

Geht leise ihm vorüber,
dass nichts den Frieden stört.
Es müsste wieder weinen,
wenn es das laute Leben hört.

Confirmed with Sehnen und Suchen, Vierte Auflage, Rostock: C.J.E. Volckmann (Volckman & Wetter), 1905, page 136.

Text Authorship:

by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), "Grabschrift", appears in Sehnen und Suchen: Gedichte, in Einkehr und Wende, in Einsame Wege [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 Heinrich Kaspar Schmid (1874 - 1953), "Grabschrift", op. 12 (Vier Gedichte von Albert Sergel) no. 4, published 1912 [ voice and piano ], München: Wunderhornverlag [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Epitaph", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2024-01-05
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Word count: 36

Epitaph

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Lonely hands have
rocked my heart to rest,
so that it lies, like a child,
dreamily and blissfully still.

Walk past it softly
so that nothing disturbs [its] peace.
It would have to weep again
if it heard the clamour of life.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), "Grabschrift", appears in Sehnen und Suchen: Gedichte, in Einkehr und Wende, in Einsame Wege
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This text was added to the website: 2024-12-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 42