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3 Lieder auf Texte von Emily Dickinson
Translations © by Bertram Kottmann
Song Cycle by Alan Leichtling
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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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- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Bolts of Melody, first published 1945
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Es gibt kein Schweigen auf der Welt - so ohne Laut wie dies, das man erträgt, das, wenn gebrochen, die Natur des Muts beraubt und Ängste in die Menschheit trägt.
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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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- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Bolts of Melody, first published 1945
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Den Schmerz zu heiligen, gleich wie den Himmel, erzielt man durch des Körpers Haft: Den Gipfel der nicht schafft, welcher auf halbem Weg am Hang sich plagt. Nur wer nach oben sich gequält, dann alles hat und - gab.
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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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- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1890
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Erfolg - geschätzt am meisten von dem, der ihn nie hat. Nur der weiß ihn zu preisen, der nie ward von ihm satt. Nicht einer von der kühnen Schar, die heut zog in den Krieg, könnt’ deutlicher es stellen dar, was man bestimmt als Sieg, denn jener, dem in Todesqual ans Ohr - verboten - dringt, ein Jubel, fern, der triumphal aus Siegerkehlen klingt.
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This text was added to the website: 2019-03-31
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Word count: 61