Ich wohn' in Möglichkeiten

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Walter A. Aue

I dwell in Possibility

Language: English

Our translations: GER ITA

I dwell in Possibility - 
A fairer House than Prose - 
More numerous of Windows - 
Superior - for Doors - 

Of Chambers as the Cedars - 
Impregnable of Eye - 
And for an Everlasting Roof 
The Gambrels of the Sky - 

Of Visitors - the fairest - 
For Occupation - This - 
The spreading wide my narrow Hands 
To gather Paradise -

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Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Further poems of Emily Dickinson [author's text checked 1 time 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 Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "I dwell in possibility", published 1947 [ soprano and piano ], from From Emily's Diary [sung text not yet checked]

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

GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Dimoro nel possibile", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Ich wohn' in Möglichkeiten

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Ich wohn' in Möglichkeiten:
Ein besser' Haus als Text  --
An Fenstern weitaus reicher,
mit größer'n Tür'n besetzt.

Mit Räumen wie die Zedern  --
vom Auge unzwingbar   --
und, als ein Dach für ewig,
des Himmels Balken gar  --

Besucher  -- nur die besten  --
Mein Wohnen drinnen   -- dies:
die Hände auszubreiten   --
zu sammeln  -- Paradies   --

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a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Further poems of Emily Dickinson
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This text was added to the website: 2011-01-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 49