Die Äolsharfe in der Ruine
Language: German (Deutsch)
In des Turms zerfallner Mauer
Tönet bei der Lüfte Gleiten
Mit bald halb zerrißnen Saiten
Eine Harfe noch voll Trauer.
In zerfallner Körperhülle
Sitzt ein Herz, noch halb besaitet,
Oft ihm noch ein Lied entgleitet
Schmerzreich in der Nächte Stille.
Confirmed with
Kerners Werke, Zweiter Teil, Gedichte, ed. Raimund Pissin, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., 1914, page 75.
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The Aoelian harp in the ruins", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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The Aoelian harp in the ruins
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
In the mouldering wall of the tower
When the breezes glide past,
A harp with strings half broken
Still sounds, full of sorrow.
In the crumbling shell of a body
There resides a heart, with only half its strings,
Often still a song slips from it,
Full of pain in the stillness of night.
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