Heart and clock | I came from the silent cemetery

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by Rädern

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Herz und Uhr

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ich kam vom stillen Friedhof
Von meiner stillen Braut;
Ich sehnte mich auf mein Stübchen;
Es war auf der Gasse so laut.

Im Stübchen da ist's ruhig;
Zwei Wesen regen sich nur:
Das ist der Schlag des Herzens,
Das ist der Schlag der Uhr.

Sie schlagen beide matter,
Die Uhr und auch das Herz;
Die Uhr ist stehen geblieben.
Warum nicht auch das Herz?

Text Authorship:

by Rädern [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Christian Wilhelm Häser (1781 - 1867), "Herz und Uhr", op. 37 (Neun deutsche Lieder) no. 6 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Heart and clock", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-05-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 64

Heart and clock

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I came from the silent cemetery
From my silent bride;
I yearned to be in my chamber;
It was so loud on the street.

It is peaceful in my little chamber;
Only two things are moving:
One is the beating of my heart,
The other is the ticking of the clock.

They both pulse more feebly,
The clock and also my heart;
The clock has stopped.
Why not also my heart?

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Rädern
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This text was added to the website: 2013-11-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 71