Hier, mit Maßlieblichen um das Haupt

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Here, where the Daisies fit my Head

Language: English

Our translations: GER

Here, where the Daisies fit my Head
'Tis easiest to lie
And every Grass that plays outside
Is sorry, some, for me.

Where I am not afraid to go
I may confide my Flower --
Who was not Enemy of Me
Will gentle be, to Her.

Nor separate, Herself and Me
By Distances become --
A single Bloom we constitute
Departed, or at Home --

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Note: daisies are associated with the grave; cf. http://www.edickinson.org/words/5254

Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title [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 Jake Heggie (b. 1961), "Here, where the Daisies fit my Head", 1999, first performed 1998 [ soprano, flute, violin, cello, and piano ], from From Emily's Garden, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by James Sclater , "Here, where the Daisies fit my Head", 1972 [ soprano and clarinet ], from Four Songs on Texts of Emily Dickinson, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , no title, copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 62

Hier, mit Maßlieblichen um das Haupt

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Hier, mit Maßlieblichen um das Haupt
ruh’ ohne Sorge ich,
und jedem Halm, der draußen spielt,
tut’s etwas leid für mich.

Wo ich nicht fürchte, hinzugehn,
dem schick ich meine Blüt’ -
wer mir nicht bös gesonnen war,
sich sacht um sie bemüht.

Niemals sind sie und ich getrennt,
nie wirkt Distanz sich aus -
wir blühn in einer Blüte fort
anderwärts wie zuhaus.

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Translation of title "Here, where the Daisies fit my Head" = "Hier, mit Maßlieblichen um das Haupt"

Note for Stanza 1, Line 1 : "Mit dem Gänseblümchen" = Maßliebchen wird auch der Tod assoziiert.

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a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title
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This text was added to the website: 2016-03-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 62