Das Grab mein klein’ Zuhause ist

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

The grave my little cottage is

Language: English

Our translations: GER

The grave my little cottage is,
  Where, keeping house for thee,
I make my parlor orderly,
  And lay the marble tea,
 
For two divided, briefly,
  A cycle, it may be,
Till everlasting life unite
  In strong society.

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Confirmed with Poems by Emily Dickinson. Third Series, ed by Mabel Loomis Todd, Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1896.

Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems: Third Series, in 4. Time and Eternity, no. 23 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Gordon Getty (b. 1933), "The grave my little cottage is" [ soprano and piano ], from The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 4 : My Feet Slip Nearer, no. 25 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Juliana Hall (b. 1958), "The grave my little cottage is", 1985 [ soprano and piano ], from In Reverence - 5 songs for Soprano and Piano, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2011-01-12
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Word count: 37

Das Grab mein klein’ Zuhause ist

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Das Grab mein klein’ Zuhause ist,
führ’ Haushalt dort für dich,
ich halt’ die Stube ordentlich,
reich Tee im Marmorservice

Für zwei, die kurz getrennt nur,
mag dies ein Zyklus sein,
bis dass im ewgen Leben wir
sind untrennbar vereint.

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Based on:

a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems: Third Series, in 4. Time and Eternity, no. 23
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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 40