Im Regen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Zählt man die Zeit im Jahr,
Drin freudvoll war ein Herz,
Sind's wen'ge [Tage]1 nur,
Die andern trug es Schmerz.
Zählt man die Zeit im Jahr,
Drin blau der Himmel blieb,
Sind's wen'ge Tage nur,
Die andern waren trüb.
Drum, da der Himmel selbst
So oft in Tränen steht,
Klag' nimmer, Menschenherz,
Daß dir's nicht besser geht.
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Confirmed with Kerners Werke, Zweiter Teil, Gedichte, ed. Raimund Pissin, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., 1914, page 147.
1 some Kerner editions, Leberl: "Stunden"
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "In the rain", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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In the rain
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
If one counts the time in a year
In which [one's] heart was full of joy,
It would only be a few [days]1,
During the rest it bore pain.
If one counts the time in a year
In which the sky remained blue,
It would only be a few days;
The others were dreary.
Thus, since the heavens themselves
So often stand in tears,
Do not lament, heart of man,
That you are no better off.
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1 "hours"
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