Hochzeitsabend
Language: German (Deutsch)
Der Tag vergeht. Die Stunden rinnen aus,
Nicht einer mehr der bunten Falter rauscht,
Die mit den feuerfarbnen Schwingen
Wie Lichtfontänen schmückten unser Hochzeitshaus.
Die Gäste tanzen nur wie Schatten,
Die einst im Lichte volles Leben hatten.
Ich bin so leer, so ausgebrannt und leer!
O Liebster, lebe ich nicht mehr?
Ich habe dich! Und daß ich dich nun hab',
Das denken rinnt in mich wie süßer Wein
Und füllt die ausgebrannte Leere auf's neu'.
Ich preise Gott, dank' ihm, der dich mir gab.
Und bitte ihn, aus seinen Händen mag
Er mich wie eine Schale spenden,
Aus der sich voll ein reiner Strom ergießt
Und, dich erfüllend, ewig fließt!
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The evening of the wedding day", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 110
The evening of the wedding day
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
The day passes. The hours run out,
Not a single one of the colourful moths still swooshes,
Which with fire-coloured wings
Adorned our wedding house like fountains of light.
The guests dance only as shades
That once had a full life in the light.
I am so empty, so spent and empty!
Oh beloved, do I no longer live?
I have you! And that I now have you,
The thought of that runs into me like sweet wine
And fills the spent emptiness anew.
I praise God, thank Him, who gave you to me.
And ask Him to offer me from
Out of His hands like a bowl,
From which a pure stream pours plenteously
And, filling you, flows forever!
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Word count: 120