by Gustav Eberlein (1847 - 1926)
Translation Singable translation by Florence Z. Marshall

Gedenken
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Und wieder schlägt die Drossel im Gezweig
Des Blütenbaumes [jubelnd über]1 mir;
Es öffnet sich des Lenzes Wunderreich,
Doch all mein Denken ist allein bei dir!
 
Von zartem Grün ist Baum und Busch belaubt.
Die Wonne all umher erdrückt mich schier;
Hier ruhte selig einst dein reines Haupt;
Ach, all mein Denken ist allein bei dir.
 
Geweiht von deinem Hauche Jahr um Jahr,
Für alle Zeit [ist]2 diese Stätte mir.
Vorbei der Traum, so rein, so wunderbar,
Doch all mein Denken ist allein bei dir!

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•   M. Wurm 

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1 Wurm: "über"
2 Wurm: "bleibt"

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  • ENG English [singable] (Florence Z. Marshall) , "A memory"
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Remembering", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2012-05-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 85

A memory
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Once more the boughs are thick with bloom o'erhead;
The thrush is singing in the tree.
Spring's yearly miracle has come again,
But still my thoughts are all of thee, of thee.
 
A tender veil of green is ev'rywhere,
The fragrant charm of Spring is in the air;
Once, thou didst linger here, dear love with me,
Ah, all my thoughts are still of thee, of thee.
 
The mem'ry of thy presence, like a vow,
Doth hallow, year by year, this spot to me.
The dream, so pure, so sweet is over now!
But all my thoughts are still of thee, of thee.

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Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2012-05-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 103