3 Songs by Emily Dickinson

Song Cycle by Alan Leichtling

Translated to:

German (Deutsch) —  3 Lieder auf Texte von Emily Dickinson (Bertram Kottmann)

1. There is no silence  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
There is no Silence in the Earth -- so silent
As that endured
Which uttered, would discourage Nature
And haunt the World.

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2. The hallowing of Pain  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
The hallowing of Pain
Like hallowing of Heaven,
Obtains at a corporeal cost --
The Summit is not given

To Him who strives severe
At middle of the Hill --
But He who has achieved the Top --
All -- is the price of All --

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3. Success is counted sweetest  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest need.

Not one of all the purple host
Who took the flag to-day
Can tell the definition,
So clear, of victory,

As he, defeated, dying,
On whose forbidden ear
The distant strains of triumph
Break, agonized and clear.

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Total word count: 116