Il l'examina -- tituba

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

1062

Language: English

Our translations: FRE GER

He scanned it -- staggered --
Dropped the Loop
To Past or Period --
Caught helpless at a sense as if
His Mind were going blind --

Groped up, to see if God was there --
Groped backward at Himself
Caressed a Trigger absently
And wandered out of Life.

Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886) [author's text checked 1 time 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 Leon Kirchner (b. 1919), "1062", 1982 [soprano and piano], from The Twilight Stood, no. 2. [
text verified 1 time
]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2014-01-13
Line count: 9
Word count: 44

Il l'examina ‑‑ tituba

Language: French (Français) after the English

Il l'examina -- tituba --
Laissa tomber la boucle
Vers le Passé ou une Époque --
Se rattrapa sans recours à un sens comme si
Son Esprit devenait aveugle --

Monta en tâtonnant, pour voir si Dieu était là --
Revint en tâtonnant vers Lui-même
Caressa une Gâchette distraitement
Et partit sans se presser de la Vie.

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a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
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This text was added to the website: 2014-01-14
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Word count: 52