by
Daniel Stoppe (1697 - 1747)
Wechsel
Language: German (Deutsch)
Die Nacht muß in die Fremde wandern,
sobald der tag nach hause kömmt.
Bei lust und last folgt eins dem anderen;
die freude wird zwar oft gehemmt
und von betrübnis unterdrückt,
doch aber niemals ganz erstickt.
Dringt dich die noht mit vollen haufen,
so merke diesen trost, mein geist!
Das wasser kann sich leicht verlaufen,
das alle ufer niederreisst;
je grösser kummer, angst und pein,
je näher wird ihr ende sein.
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Word count: 71
Exchange
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Night must wander abroad,
as soon as day comes to the house.
Delight and burden follow one another;
joy is often restrained
and suppressed with grief,
but however never suffocated completely.
Great heaps of trouble penetrate you:
then mark this comfort, my spirit!
Water can easily run away,
that all the bank is washed away;
the greater grief, fear and agony,
the nearer is their end.
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