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Emily Dickinson Liederzyklus
Translations © by Bertram Kottmann
Song Cycle by Elizabeth Coard
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Come slowly, Eden! Lips unused to thee, Bashful, sip thy jasmines, As the fainting bee, Reaching late his flower, Round her chamber hums, Counts his nectars - enters, And is lost in balms!
Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), appears in Bolts of Melody, first published 1945
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Komm langsam, Paradies! Lippen, dir neu schlürfen deine Jasmine, wie die Biene - ermattend, scheu -, die spät zur Blüte kommt, und ihren Kelch umschwirrt, Nektare zählt - eintaucht und sich im Duft verliert!
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Translation of title "Apotheosis" = "Apotheose"This text was added to the website: 2019-07-15
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Word count: 32
Forbidden fruit a flavor has That lawful orchards mocks; How luscious lies the pea within The pod that Duty locks!
Verbotner Früchte Reiz ist, was legale Gärten schmäht; süße Erbschen sind pflichtschuldigst in Schoten eingenäht!
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Translation of title "Forbidden fruit" = "Verbotner Früchte"This text was added to the website: 2019-07-15
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Wild nights! -- Wild nights! Were I with thee, Wild nights should be Our luxury! Futile -- the Wind -- To a heart in port, -- Done with the Compass, -- Done with the Chart! Rowing in Eden -- Ah! the Sea! Might I but moor -- Tonight -- In thee!
Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems by Emily Dickinson, first published 1891
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Sturm! Nacht auf Nacht! Wär’ ich bei dir, Sturmnacht wär mir Luxus und dir! Nutzlos ein Sturm dem Herzen im Port, - Weg mit dem Kompass, Seekarten fort! Auf See in Eden - Ach! Das Meer! In dir heut Nacht ankern vielmehr!
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- Translation from English to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2016 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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- a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems by Emily Dickinson, first published 1891
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This text was added to the website: 2016-03-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 40