Mein - durch das Recht auf die Wahl des Weißen!

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Mine by the right of the white election!

Language: English

Our translations: FRE GER

Mine by the right of the white election!
Mine by the royal seal!
Mine by the sign in the scarlet prison
Bars cannot conceal!

Mine, here in vision and in veto!
Mine, by the grave's repeal
Titled, confirmed, - delirious charter!
Mine, while the ages steal!

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Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1890 [author's text not yet checked 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 Gloria Coates (b. 1938), "Mine by the right of the white election", from 15 Songs on Poems by Emily Dickinson, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Arthur Farwell (1872 - 1952), "Mine", op. 73 no. 2, published 1928, from Three Dickinson Poems, no. 2 [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

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Word count: 45

Mein ‑ durch das Recht auf die Wahl des...

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Mein - durch das Recht auf die Wahl des Weißen!
Mein - durch des Königs Siegel!
Mein - durch das „A“ in Scharlachrot
im vorgehaltenen Spiegel!

Mein - durch anders wollen und nicht dürfen!
Mein - im Leben nach dem Sein
wirksam, bestätigt - höchstes Glück verbrieft!
Derweil die Zeit entflieht, doch mein!

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Based on:

a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1890
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This text was added to the website: 2016-11-28
Line count: 8
Word count: 47