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by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Nachtwandel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Available translation(s): ENG
  Ich wandelte in tiefer Nacht,
in tiefer Ruh, in tiefem Tod.
[Und kein Gedanke glühte]1 mehr.
Ich wandelte in tiefer Nacht
in [einen]2 tiefen Tannenforst,
in stätem Schritt, gar mühelos,
wohl hinter einem Fuhrwerk drein.
Auf hohem Sitz der Fuhrmann saß.
Noch rief ich manchmal nachtverträumt:
"Halt an, halt an und nimm mich mit."
Doch war's mir nicht mehr Ernst damit.
Ich fühlte ja, er nahm mich mit,
er nahm auch so mich mit . . .

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Confirmed with Alfred Mombert, Tag und Nacht. Gedichte, Heidelberg: Verlag von J. Hörning, 1894, page 110

1 Benndorf: "Mir glühte kein Gedanke"
2 Benndorf: "einem"

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  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Nighttime wandering", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this text: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Harry Joelson

This text was added to the website: 2007-06-30
Line count: 13
Word count: 78

Nighttime wandering
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
  I wandered in deep night,
in deep peace, in deep death.
And no thought [glowed]1 any longer.
In deep night I wandered,
[into]2 a deep pine forest,
with measured tread, quite effortlessly,
behind a horse and cart.
The coachman sat upon a high seat.
Lost in nighttime dreaminess I still called out occasionally:
“Stop, stop, and take me along with you.”
But I was no longer really serious about it.
For I felt he would take me along,
he would take me along in any case . . .

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1 Benndorf: "glowed for me"
2 Benndorf: "in"

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  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2017 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2017-05-15
Line count: 13
Word count: 90