Mein Leben schloß vor Schluß zweimal;

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Walter A. Aue

My life closed twice before its close

Language: English

Our translations: GER

My life closed twice before its close;
It yet remains to see
If Immortality unveil
A third event to me,

So huge, so hopeless to conceive,
As these that twice befell.
Parting is all we know of heaven,
And all we need of hell.

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Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems by Emily Dickinson, first published 1896 [author's text not yet checked 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 Ernest Gold (1921 - 1999), "Parting", published 1963 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], from Songs of Love and Parting [sung text not yet checked]
by Ezra Laderman (1924 - 2015), no title, published 1870 [ 2 narrators, piano, and orchestra ], from Magic Prison [sung text not yet checked]

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GER German (Deutsch) (Paul Antschel)
GER German (Deutsch) (Walter A. Aue) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Mein Leben schloß vor Schluß zweimal;

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Mein Leben schloß vor Schluß zweimal;
Ich werd' erst einmal sehn
Ob eine Ewigkeit mir zeigt
Ein drittes Schlußgeschehn,

So groß, so schwierig zu verstehn
Wie die, die zweimal war'n:
Sich trennen ist den Himmel sehn
Und in die Hölle fahr'n.

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a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems by Emily Dickinson, first published 1896
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 41