by Richard Engländer (1859 - 1919), as Peter Altenberg
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Und endlich stirbt die Sehnsucht doch ‑‑...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG ENG
Und endlich stirbt die Sehnsucht doch -- -- --
Wie Blüten sterben im Kellerloch,
Wenn sie ewig auf ein bißchen Sonne warten.
Wie Thiere sterben, die man lieblos hält,
Und alles Unbetreute in der Welt!
Man denkt nicht mehr:  “Wo wird sie sein!--?!?“
Ruhig erwacht man, ruhig schläft man ein.
Wie in verwehte Jugendtage blickst du zurück
Und irgend einer sagt dir weise: „'s ist dein Glück!“
Da denkt man, daß es vielleicht wirklich so ist,
Wundert sich still, daß man doch nicht froh ist -- -- --.

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Confirmed with Peter Altenberg, „Cyklus: Ljuba“ in Widmungen zur Feier des Siebzigsten Geburtstages Ferdinand von Saar’s, herausgegeben von Richard Specht, Wien: Wiener Verlag, 1903, page 39.


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And at last longing dies
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
And at last longing dies,
as flowers die in the cellar, 
ever waiting for a little bit of sunlight,
as animals die if one keeps them without love,
and as do all the neglected people in the world!
You no longer wonder: "Where can it be found?"
Calmly do you awaken, calmly do you fall asleep.
As you look back on the vanished days of your youth,
and someone says to you wisely: "This is your good fortune!" ,
then you think that perhaps it really is true;
yet silently you wonder why you are still not happy.

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