An die Wanduhr
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Alte Uhr! dein Zeiger geht
Wohl noch richtig seine Bahn,
Doch dein Schlagwerk stille steht,
Schlägt nicht mehr die Stunden an.
Alte Uhr! dich hat die Zeit
So wie mich verletzet schwer!
Geht auch noch mein Tagwerk heut',
Schlägt mein Herz doch fast nicht mehr.
Confirmed with Justinus Kerners sämtliche poetische Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Dr. Josef Gaismaier, 1. Band, Leipzig: Max Hesses Verlag, 1880, page 235.
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "To the wall clock", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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To the wall clock
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Old clock! your hand moves
Correctly yet on its pathway,
But your mechanism is motionless,
It no longer chimes the hours.
Old clock! time has damaged
You severely, just as it has me!
Though my daily work still goes on,
My heart is hardly beating any more.
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