by
Ottilie Kleinschrod, née Stieler (1830 - 1913), as Ottilie Stieler
Klage
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Ich geh' umher; und such' ich Dich
Auf allen Fluren dieser Erde,
Ich fühl' es doch tiefinnerlich,
Daß ich Dich nirgend finden werde!
Nun alle Bäume wundermild
Im Frühlingsglanze blühend stehen,
Mein' ich Dein heißgeliebtes Bild
In jedem Blütenkelch zu sehen.
Mir sagen klagend Blüt' und Blatt
In diesen gold'nen Frühlingsstunden:
Du armes Herz, dein Frühling hat
Für alle Zeit den Tod gefunden.
Confirmed with O. Malybrok-Stieler, Lyrische Gedichte und Übertragungen nach böhmischer Kunst- und Volks-Poesie, Prag: Druck und Verlag von J. Otto, 1887, page 30.
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Lament", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Lament
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
I wander about and seek you
Upon all the meadows of this earth,
But deep within I feel
That I shall not find you anywhere!
Now when, wondrously mild, all the trees
Stand blooming in the radiance of spring,
I imagine that I see your fervently beloved image
In the calyx of every flower.
Lamenting, blossom and leaf tell me
In these golden hours of spring:
You poor heart, your springtime has
Found its death for all time.
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