by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

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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.

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  • 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

Er prüfte ‑ ratlos
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the English 
Er prüfte - ratlos -
übergab
dem Einst, dem Jetzt die Schlinge,
griff hilflos nach ’nem Sinn, als ob 
die Seele ihm erblinde.

Sucht’ in der Höh’, ob Gott da sei,
suchte sein irdisch’ Selbst
kam abwesend ’nem Abzug nah
und trat dann aus der Welt.

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This text was added to the website: 2016-02-15
Line count: 9
Word count: 44