Scheiden
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Warum, ach, muß das Scheiden sein,
Das Scheiden,
Darum man muß so bittre Pein
Erleiden?
Halt was du liebst, fest an der Brust!
O scheu' dich!
Zusammen trägt sich Leid und Lust
So freudig!
Wenn dich der Wahn fortriß einmal,
Der schlimme,
Irrst du, wie ich, durch Berg und Thal
Im Grimme.
Warum muß, ach, das Scheiden sein,
Das Scheiden,
Darum man muß so bittre Pein
Erleiden?
Kein bös'res Wort in aller Welt;
Tod spricht es;
Und wem es recht auf's Herze fällt,
Dem bricht es.
Confirmed with C. Reinhold, Gedichte, Stuttgart: Carl Mäcken, 1853, pages 53-54.
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Parting", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Parting
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Why, ah, must there be parting,
Parting,
As a result of which one must suffer
Such bitter agony?
Clasp what you love tightly to your breast!
Take care!
Together sorrow and joy are borne
So joyfully!
If delusion once tore you away,
Evil delusion,
Like me, you wander lost through mountain and valley
In wrath.
Why must, ah, there be parting,
Parting,
As a result of which one must suffer
Such bitter agony?
There is no more evil word in the world;
Death utters it;
And whosoever's heart is struck by it,
That person's heart shall break.
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