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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Translation © by Geart van der Meer

Because I could not stop for Death
Language: English 
Our translations:  DUT FRI
Because I could not stop for Death --
He kindly stopped for me --
The carriage held but just ourselves --
and Immortality.

We slowly drove -- he knew no haste,
And I had put away
My labour, and my leisure too
For His Civility --

We passed the School, where Children
At Recess -- in the Ring --
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain --
We passed the Setting Sun --

Or rather -- He passed Us --
The Dews drew quivering and chill --
For only Gossamer, my Gown --
My Tippet -- only Tulle --

We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground --
The Roof was scarcely visible --
The Cornice -- in the Ground --

Since then 'tis centuries; but each
Feels shorter than the day
I first surmised the horses' heads
Were toward eternity.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title [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):

    [ None yet in the database ]

Set in a modified version by Fania Chapiro, Aaron Copland, Sergius Kagen, Gary Bachlund, John Coolidge Adams, Leslie Crabtree, Tim Silva, Charles Jason Bechtold, Ernst Bacon.

    • Go to the text. [ view differences ]

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

  • FRI Frisian (Geart van der Meer) , title unknown, copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Geart van der Meer) , title unknown, copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2013-09-16
Line count: 24
Word count: 126

Ik kon niet stoppen voor de Dood
Language: Dutch (Nederlands)  after the English 
Ik kon niet stoppen voor de Dood,
Dus minzaam stopte Hij voor mij;
In 't rijtuig zaten wij alleen,
Met nog Onsterflijkheid erbij.

Wij reden langzaam -- haast had Hij 
Niet echt, en alles wat ik deed,
Omdat het moest of uit plezier,
Dat staakte ik uit hoffelijkheid.

Daar was de school, met op het plein
De kinderen in 't speelkwartier.
Akkers voorbij, met starend graan,
En laag de zon in 't avonduur.

Of liever, die kwam ons voorbij --
Hoe kil de dauw die nu opsteeg --
Van herfstdraad slechts was mijn japon --
Van dunne tule slechts mijn kraag.

Wij hielden voor een huis, het leek
Een ronding in het gras --
Nauw zichtbaar was ook slechts het dak --
De daklijst overgroeid met gras.

Sindsdien verstreken eeuwen reeds --
Maar elk voelt korter dan de tijd 
Toen ik aan elke paardenkop
Zag: dit ging richting Eeuwigheid.

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  • a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title
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This text was added to the website: 2013-09-16
Line count: 24
Word count: 142

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