by
Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942)
Ich lag auf dem Meer, über mir wälzte...
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Ich lag auf dem Meer, über mir wälzte sich das Licht.
Ich sah: von einer [glänzenden Klippe
Banden]1 weißer Vögel aufschwirren.
Ich [schleuderte]2 ein Seil, sie einzufangen.
Weiße Tiere, Traum, [Fantasie]3 und Meer.
Weiße [Tiere: ewige Glanz-Wiederkehr]4.
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Confirmed with a reprint of the 1921 original: Alfred Mombert, Die Schöpfung, Paderborn: Salzwasser Verlag, 2015, page 125
1 Geutebrück: "fernen Klippe / Eine Bande"
2 Geutebrück: "warf"
3 Geutebrück: "Phantasie"
4 Geutebrück: " Tiere und ewig lächelnde Wiederkehr"
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I lay upon the sea, above me the light...
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
I lay upon the sea, above me the light rolled.
I saw: from a [shining crag
Swarms]1 of birds whirr aloft.
I threw a rope to catch them.
White animals, dream, fantasy and sea.
White [animals: an eternal return of radiance]2.
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1 Geutebrück: "distant crag / A swarm"
2 Geutebrück: "animals and an eternally smiling return"
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