by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Von stillem Ort,
Von kühler Statt
[Nehm]1 ich mit fort
Ein Epheublatt.

Ein Requiem
Tönt leis und matt,
So oft ich nehm
Zur Hand das Blatt.

Wenn aller Schmerz
Geendet hat,
Legt mir auf's Herz
Das Epheublatt.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Peter Cornelius, eingeleitet von Adolf Stern, Leipzig, C. F. Kahnt Nachfolger, 1890, page 129.

1 Cornelius: "Nahm" (song)

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Word count: 38

Remembrance
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
From a quiet place,
from a cool place,
I [carry]1 away 
an ivy leaf.

I hear a requiem,
soft and weak,
whenever I pick up
that leaf.

When all my sorrow
has ended,
lay this leaf
upon my heart.

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1 Cornelius: "carried" (song)

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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 between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 40