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by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853)
Translation © by Emily Ezust
Sind es Schmerzen, sind es Freuden
Language: German (Deutsch)
Sind es Schmerzen, sind es Freuden, Die durch meinen Busen ziehn? Alle alten Wünsche scheiden, Tausend neue Blumen blühn. Durch die Dämmerung der Tränen Seh' ich ferne Sonnen stehn, - Welches Schmachten! welches Sehnen! Wag' ich's? soll ich näher gehn? Ach, und fällt die Träne nieder, Ist es dunkel um mich her; Dennoch kömmt kein Wunsch mir wieder, Zukunft ist von Hoffnung leer. So schlage denn, strebendes Herz, So fließet denn, Tränen, herab, Ach, Lust ist nur tieferer Schmerz, Leben ist dunkeles Grab, - Ohne Verschulden Soll ich erdulden? Wie ist's, daß mir im Traum Alle Gedanken Auf und nieder schwanken! Ich kenne mich noch kaum. O, hört mich, ihr gütigen Sterne, O höre mich, grünende Flur, Du, Liebe, den heiligen Schwur: Bleib' ich ihr ferne, Sterb' ich gerne. Ach, nur im Licht von ihrem Blick Wohnt Leben und Hoffnung und Glück!
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- by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853), no title, appears in Liebesgeschichte der schönen Magelone und des Grafen Peter von Provence, no. 4, chapter heading: "Peter sieht die schöne Magelone" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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Word count: 151
Are they sorrows or are they joys
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Are they sorrows or are they joys Which tug at my breast? All the old desires leave; A thousand new flowers bloom. Through the dusk of tears I see suns standing in the distance, - What languishing, what longing! Do I dare? Shall I move closer? Ah, and when my tears are falling, It is dark around me; Yet if my desires do not return, The future2, is empty of hope. So beat then, my ambitious heart, So flow down then, my tears, Ah, joy is only a deeper pain, Life is a dark grave, - Without guilt, Should I then suffer? How is it that in my dreams All my thoughts Tremble up and down? I scarcely know myself any more. O, hear me, kindly stars, O hear me, green meadow, And you, my love, hear my holy oath: If I remain far from her, I will die gladly. Ah, only in the light of her gaze Dwell life and hope and happiness!
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853), no title, appears in Liebesgeschichte der schönen Magelone und des Grafen Peter von Provence, no. 4, chapter heading: "Peter sieht die schöne Magelone"
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 29
Word count: 171