The last path | I go to drown myself," she said lightly

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by Hans Bötticher (1883 - 1934), as Joachim Ringelnatz

Translation © by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

Der letzte Weg

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

"Ich gehe ins Wasser," sagte sie leis,
"Ade!
Du hast es gut mit mir gemeint.
So weiß ich einen, der um mich weint.
Hab Dank!"
Ich aber sah ihr tiefes Weh
Und küsste sie, die arm und krank,
Und sagte: "Geh!"

Text Authorship:

by Hans Bötticher (1883 - 1934), as Joachim Ringelnatz, "Der letzte Weg" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Der letzte Weg", 2009 [medium voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "The last path", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-03-14
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Word count: 41

The last path

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

"I go to drown myself," she said lightly,
"Good-by!
You have been so much a part of my life.
So I know full well that you will weep over me.
Thank you!"
But alas, I saw her deep sorrow
and kissed her gently, this poor sickly one,
and said: "Go!"

Text Authorship:

by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "The last path", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Hans Bötticher (1883 - 1934), as Joachim Ringelnatz, "Der letzte Weg"
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-03-14
Line count: 8
Word count: 50