by
Stefan George (1868 - 1933)
Angst und hoffen wechselnd mich...
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): CAT ENG FRE ITA
Angst und hoffen wechselnd mich beklemmen ·
Meine worte sich in seufzer dehnen ·
Mich bedrängt so ungestümes sehnen
Dass ich mich an rast und schlaf nicht kehre
Dass mein lager tränen schwemmen
Dass ich jede freude von mir wehre
Dass ich keines freundes trost begehre.
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Confirmed with Stefan George, Die Bücher der Hirten- und Preisgedichte, der Sagen und Sänge und der hängenden Gärten. Gesamt-Ausgabe der Werke, Band 3, Berlin, 1930, page 106.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Angoixa i esperança m'oprimeixen alternadament", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Fear and hope oppress me alternately", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Mi opprime un alternarsi di speranza e angoscia", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Fear and hope oppress me alternately
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Fear and hope oppress me alternately,
My words stretch themselves out into sighs,
I am beset by such tumultuous yearning
That I do not care about rest and sleep,
That my bed is flooded with tears,
That I thrust every happiness from me,
That I do not desire the comfort of any friend.
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