Natur” ist, was wir sehen

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Nature" is what we see

Language: English

Our translations: FRE GER

"Nature" is what we see --
The Hill -- the Afternoon --
Squirrel -- Eclipse -- the Bumble bee --
Nay -- Nature is Heaven --
Nature is what we hear --
The Bobolink -- the Sea --
Thunder -- the Cricket --
Nay -- Nature is Harmony --
Nature is what we know --
Yet have no art to say --
So impotent Our Wisdom is
To her Simplicity.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with The Poems of Emily Dickinson, ed. R.W. Franklin, Volume 2, Cambridge, MA and London, England: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1998, Poem 721 (Version A).

Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title [author's text checked 2 times 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 Emma Lou Diemer (b. 1927), "Nature is what we see", 2002, published 2008 [chorus and orchestra], from Songs for the Earth, no. 1, Seesaw/Subito ; texts by Emily Dickinson, Omar Khayyám, Dorothy Diemer Hendry, Hildegard von Bingen, Mary Oliver [ sung text verified 1 time]
by Julian Philips (b. 1969), "Afterword", 1997/2002, published 2007 [high voice and piano], from An Amherst Bestiary, no. 19, Peters Edition [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

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

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2013-05-22
Line count: 12
Word count: 53

Natur” ist, was wir sehen

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

“Natur” ist, was wir sehen -
Der Hügel - der Nachmittag -
Eichkätzchen - Sonnenfinsternis - die Hummel -
Nein - Natur ist Himmelreich -
Natur ist, was wir hören -
Der Bobolink - das Meer -
Donner - die Grille -
Nein - Natur ist Harmonie -
Natur ist, was wir kennen -
Jedoch an Kunst mangelt es uns, es auszudrücken -
So unfähig ist unsere Weisheit
Im Vergleich mit ihrer Einfachheit.

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German song title (Diemer): "Natur ist, was wir sehen"
German song title (Philips): "Nachwort"

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Based on:

a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title
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This text was added to the website: 2014-08-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 56