Tout oublié pour se souvenir

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

All forgot for recollecting

Language: English

Our translations: FRE GER

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. [
text not verified
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

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

Tout oublié pour se souvenir

Language: French (Français) after the English

Tout oublié pour se souvenir
Seulement d'Un insignifiant --
Tout abandonné pour que seulement un Étranger
Nouveau soit Accompagné --

Grâce de la Richesse, et Grâce du Rang
Moins appréciées que
Posséder une Estime inconnue --
Estimer -- Qui le peut --

Demeure effacée -- Ses visages dépérissant --
Nature -- devenue minuscule --
Le Soleil -- s'il brillait -- ou la Tempête -- si elle soufflait --
Je les ai tous oubliés --

Lâché -- mon destin -- un Caillou timide --
Dans ta Mer plus fière --
Éprouve-moi -- Amour -- si je le regrette --
Prouve à Moi-même -- que je suis à Toi --

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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: 2016-04-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 85