by Ernst Ortlepp (1800 - 1864)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Unglücklich Herz, und konnt' es sein
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the English 
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Unglücklich Herz, und konnt' es sein,
    Daß deine Form in Stücke ging!
Da sie durch langer Jahre Reihn
    Getreulich mir am Herzen hing?
 
Doch Werth von dir hat jedes Stück,
    Weil du mein eigner Spiegel bist,
Denn jedes Stück zeigt mir ein Glück,
    Das einst, ach, war, und nicht mehr ist!

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Confirmed with Lord Byron’s sämmtliche Werke. Nach den Anforderungen unserer Zeit neu übersetzt von Mehreren, Zweite unveränderte Ausgabe, Erster Band, Pforzheim: Verlag von Dennig Finck & Co., 1842, page 227.


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On a Cornelian Heart which was Broken
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Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Unhappy heart, and could it be,
    That your form fell to pieces,
As it had, through a long row of years,
    Faithfully hung upon my heart?
 
But every piece of you has value,
    Because you are the mirror of myself,
For every piece shows me a happiness
    That, ah, once was, but exists no longer!

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