by Robert Franz Arnold (1872 - 1938)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Und hat der Tag all seine Qual
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Danish (Dansk) 
Our translations:  ENG
Und hat der Tag all seine Qual
Tautränend ausgeweint,
Dann öffnet Nacht den Himmelssaal
In ewigen Trübsinns stiller Qual.
Und eins und eins
Und zwei und zwei
Zieht fremder Welten Genienchor
Aus dunklem Himmelsgrund hervor,
Und über irdischen Lüsten und Schmerzen,
In Händen hoch die Sternenkerzen,
Schreiten sie langsam über den Himmel hin.
Tieftraurig gehen sie,
[Getreu]1 dem Gebot . . .
Verwunderlich wehen,
Von des Weltraums kalten Winden bedroht,
Der Sternenkerzen flackernde Flammen.

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•   S. Hausegger •   A. Zemlinsky 

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Confirmed with Die Lyrik des Auslandes in neuerer Zeit, ed. Hans Bethge, Leipzig: Max Hesses Verlag, 1907, page 87

1 Hausegger, Zemlinsky: "Treu"

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  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "And once all the miseries of the day", copyright ©


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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-21
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And once all the miseries of the day
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
 And once all the miseries of the day
 have been wept away in dewy tears,
 then Night opens the hall of Heaven
 in the eternal gloom's quiet misery.
 And one by one
 and two by two
 spirit-choirs of distant worlds
 rise up from the dark floor of the sky,
 and over earthly joys and sorrows,
 holding star-candles high in their hands,
 they slowly stride across the sky.
 Deep in sorrow do they go,
 true to their orders;
 and with astonishment,
 threatened by the cold winds of the world,
 the flickering flames of the star-candles sigh.

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  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-21
Line count: 16
Word count: 96