Dacht’ an nichts, nur um zu denken

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

All forgot for recollecting

Language: English

Our translations: FRE GER

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All forgot for recollecting
Just a paltry One —
All forsook, for just a Stranger's
New Accompanying —

Grace of Wealth, and Grace of Station
Less accounted than
An unknown Esteem possessing —
Estimate — Who can —

Home effaced — Her faces dwindled —
Nature — altered small —
Sun — if shone — or Storm — if shattered —
Overlooked I all —

Dropped — my fate — a timid Pebble —
In thy bolder Sea —
Prove — me — Sweet — if I regret it —
Prove Myself — of Thee —

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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 Ann Marie Callaway (b. 1949), "All forgot for recollecting", 1979 [ soprano, flute, piano ], from Besides this May, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]

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

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

Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2016-03-29
Line count: 16
Word count: 96

Dacht’ an nichts, nur um zu denken

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

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Dacht’ an nichts, nur um zu denken
an den schoflen Mann -
gab alles auf, damit ein Fremder
begleitet mich fortan.

Gunst des Wohlstands und des Status -
sah sie geringer an
als des Unbekannten Achtung -
glaube dies, wer kann.

Ließ die Heimat, ließ die Lieben,
kein Blick mehr für Natur
ob Sonnenschein, ob Sturmeswüten
hab alles ignoriert.

Ließ mein Los, ein zager Kiesel,
fallen in dein keck’res Meer -
Liebster, prüf, ob ich’s bereue,
oder gehör ganz dir.

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This text was added to the website: 2016-03-29
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Word count: 76