And at last longing dies

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by Richard Engländer (1859 - 1919), as Peter Altenberg

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Und endlich

(Sung text for setting by H. Eisler)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG ENG

Und endlich stirbt die Sehnsucht doch -- -- --
Wie Blüten sterben im Kellerloch,
Die täglich auf ein bißchen Sonne warten.
Wie Thiere sterben, die man lieblos hält,
Und alles Unbetreute in der Welt!
Man fragt nicht mehr:  “Wo wird sie sein!--?!?“
Ruhig erwacht man, ruhig schläft man ein.
Wie in verwehte Jugendtage blickst du zurück
Und irgendjemand sagt dir leise: „'s ist dein Glück!“
Da denkt man, daß es vielleicht wirklich so ist,
Wundert sich still, daß man doch nicht froh ist -- -- --.

Composition:

Hanns Eisler

Text Authorship:

by Richard Engländer (1859 - 1919), as Peter Altenberg, no title, appears in Cyklus: Ljuba, first published 1932

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ENG English (Dina Levias) , "And in the end", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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And at last longing dies

(Sung text translation for setting by H. Eisler)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

And at last longing dies,
as flowers die in the cellar, 
waiting daily 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 ask: "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 softly: "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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