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On New Year's morn - yesterday so far away now in the dawn. Up soared the owl - a last bough waved to hail a new day. Later snow buried the nightingale and my hopes. Death is a captive guarded by you and my love. In the light of morn I saw your body's shadow lying on my bed. He broke his silence to pieces to share it.
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- by Bertram Kottmann , "Six from Sevenoaks", written 2012, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Six from Sevenoaks", 2012 [medium voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
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- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Bertram Kottmann
This text was added to the website: 2016-12-27
Line count: 19
Word count: 68
Am Neujahrsmorgen - wie fern das alte und seine Sorgen. Hoch schwang sich die Eule - ein letzter Ast winkte, den neuen Tag zu grüßen. Später Schnee begrub die Nachtigall und mein Hoffen. Gefangen ist der Tod, bewacht von meiner Liebe und dir. Im Licht der Früh erblickt ich deinen Schatten auf meinem Bett. Er brach sein Schweigen, es zu teilen.
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- a text in English by Bertram Kottmann , "Six from Sevenoaks", written 2012, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
This text was added to the website: 2016-12-27
Line count: 18
Word count: 61