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Zwei Emily Dickinson - Gedichte
Translations © by Bertram Kottmann
Song Cycle by Arthur Farwell (1872 - 1952)
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I shall know why, when time is over, And I have ceased to wonder why; Christ will explain each separate anguish In the fair schoolroom of the sky. He will tell me what Peter promised, And I, for wonder at his woe, I shall forget the drop of anguish That scalds me now, that scalds me now.
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- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1890
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Ich weiß warum, am End der Zeit, wenn ich nicht frag mehr nach dem Grund, verständlich mir wird jedes Leid im Himmel dann aus Jesu Mund. Ich sinne über seine Pein, wenn er Petri Versprechen1 nennt - vergesse dann das Tröpfchen Leid, das in mir brennt, nun in mir brennt.
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- a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1890
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View original text (without footnotes)Translation of title "I shall know why" = "Ich weiß warum"
1 Mt 26, 34-35
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Word count: 49
At last -- to be identified! At last -- the Lamps upon thy side -- The rest of Life -- to see -- Past Midnight -- past the Morning Star -- Past Sunrise -- Ah, what Leagues there are Between our feet -- and Day!
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- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1890
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Endlich - um erkannt zu sein! Endlich - im Licht, das von dir kommt, den Rest des Lebens - sehn - nach Mitternacht - nach Morgenstern - nach Sonnaufgang - ach, welcher Weg zu gehn noch - bis zum Tag1!
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View original text (without footnotes)Translation of title "Resurgam" = "Ich werde auferstehn"
1 Gen. 1, 5
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Word count: 32