by Erich Kurt Mühsam (1878 - 1934)
Translation © by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

Jeden Abend werfe ich
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Jeden Abend werfe ich
eine Zukunft hinter mich,
die sich niemals mehr erhebt -
denn sie hat im Geist gelebt.
Neue Bilder werden, wachsen;
Welten drehn um neue Achsen,
werden, sterben, lieben, schaffen.
Die Vergangenheiten klaffen. --
Tobend, wirbelnd stürzt die Zeit
in die Gruft. -- Das Leben schreit!

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Every evening away I toss
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Every evening away I toss
A future into yesterday's dross,
A potential that shall never be --
Some spirit that had lived in me.
New visions shall arise and bide,
Spinning, to new axles tied,
To become, to die, to love, to make
The many pasts gape wide awake --
Wildly whirling time pours out
Into the grave -- and life cries out!

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