Lieder von Emily

Translations © by Bertram Kottmann

Song Cycle by Allyson Brown Applebaum (b. 1955)

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Language: English 
The morns are meeker than they were,
The nuts are getting brown;
The berry's cheek is plumper,
The rose is out of town.

The maple wears a gayer scarf,
The field a scarlet gown.
Lest I should be old-fashioned,
I'll put a trinket on.

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die Früh' gedämpfter als zuvor,
die Nüsse brauner schon;
der Beere Wange runder,
die Rose ist geflohn.

Der Ahorn trägt den buntern Schal,
die Flur ein rot Gewand.
Dass ich nicht altmodisch bin,
leg ich ein Schmuckstück an.

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Line count: 8
Word count: 38

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Language: English 
I'll tell you how the Sun rose, -
A Ribbon at a time -
The Steeples swam in Amethyst -
The news like Squirrels ran -
The Hills untied their Bonnets,
The Bobolinks - begun -
Then I said softly to myself -
"That must have been the Sun!"
But how he set - I know not -
There seemed a purple stile
Which little Yellow boys and girls
Were climbing all the while -
Till when they reached the other side -
A Dominie in Gray
Put gently up the evening Bars,
And led the flock away.

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich sag dir, wie die Sonn’ aufging:
Ein Lichtstreif, Mal für Mal,
Kirchturm in Amethyst getaucht,
eichhörnchenflink der Klatsch;
das Bergland zog den Wolkenhut,
ein erster Vogel sang -
da sagt’ ich leise vor mich hin:
„Das kam wohl von der Sonn’ !“
Doch wie sie sank - das weiß ich nicht -
ein lila Zauntritt schien’s,
den kleine, gelbe Kinderchen  
bestiegen unverwandt, 
bis, als sie alle drüber warn,
in Grau, ein Pfarrer kam,
der sacht das Abendgatter schloss,
die Herde mit sich nahm.

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Language: English 
How happy is the little stone
That rambles in the road alone,
And doesn't care about careers,
And exigencies never fears;
Whose coat of elemental brown
A passing universe put on;
And independent as the sun,
Associates or glows alone,
Fulfilling absolute decree
In casual simplicity.

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wie glücklich doch der kleine Stein,
der auf dem Weg ist, ganz allein,
der Karrieren ignoriert,
in Nöten furchtlos reagiert;
ein Universum en passant 
zog ihm ’nen braunen Mantel an.
Frei wie die Sonn, für sich allein
kann leuchten er, oder zu zwein.
Hält sich an obersten Entscheid
in ungezwungner Einfachheit.

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Word count: 51

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Language: English 
Surgeons must be very careful
When they take the knife!
Underneath their fine incisions
Stirs the culprit, - Life!

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Höchst bedacht sollten Chirurgen
sich ans Werk begeben,
regt sich unter ihren Schnitten
doch der Täter, - Leben!

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  • Translation from English to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2018 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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This text was added to the website: 2018-07-23
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Word count: 17

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann