by
Gustav Michell (1842 - ?)
Verlassen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Mir ist die Welt so freudenleer,
so kalt als sollte nimmermehr
die Sonne wieder scheinen;
seit ich sein Auge nicht mehr seh',
ist mir im Herzen gar zu weh,
ich weine, ach, muß weinen.
Weiß nicht, was ihn zum Wandern trieb,
weiß nur, daß ich verlassen blieb
zum Trauern und zum Leiden;
weiß nur, daß ich bis an das Grab
ihn ewig lieb im Herzen hab',
ich weine, ach, muß weinen.
Und wenn die Sonn' im Morgen steigt,
und wenn der Tag zum Schlummer neigt,
zum Himmel will ich weinen,
daß er mir einst ihn wiedergibt,
der mir das Herz so schwer betrübt,
ich weine, ach, muß weinen.
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Word count: 108
Forsaken
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
The world seems so joyless to me,
So cold, as if never again
The sun would shine;
Since I can no longer gaze into his eye,
My heart is all too sore,
I weep, ah, must weep.
I know not what drove him to go wandering,
I only know that I remained forsaken,
To mourn and to suffer;
I only know that unto my grave
I will eternally love him in my heart,
I weep, ah, must weep.
And when the sun rises in the morning,
And when the day inclines itself to slumber,
To Heaven I shall weep,
That [Heaven] might someday give him back to me,
[Him] who made my heart so heavy.
I weep, ah, must weep.
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