Kennt ihr die Wunde, die so heiß
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Kennt ihr die Wunde, die so heiß
An meinem Leben zehrt,
Die mir kein Arzt zu heilen weiß
Gar klug und hochgelehrt.
Hier trag' ich sie, links in der Brust,
Hier in dem Herzen tief;
Es ist, als ob drinn Schmerz und Lust
In einer Wiege schlief.
Bald flammt sie auf, bald kühlt sie mich,
Und brennt und tobt und wühlt;
Ach, einmal habt ihr sicherlich
Sie Alle schon gefühlt.
Sie zehrt am Mark, sie lähmt den Muth,
Und was ich nicht versteh':
Man sieht sie nicht, es quillt kein Blut,
Und thut doch gar so weh! --
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Confirmed with Der Gesellschafter oder Blätter für Geist und Herz, 99. Blatt (Montag den 21. Juni) 1824, page 489
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Do you know that wound that so cruelly
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Do you know that wound that so cruelly
Saps my life,
That no physician, though clever and learned,
Has the skill to heal[?]
Here I carry it, in my breast on the left,
Here deep in my heart;
It is as if within there pain and joy
Slept in a single cradle.
Sometimes it flames up, sometimes it cools,
And burns and rages and roils;
Ah, at some point you all must
Certainly have felt it as well.
It saps one’s marrow, it paralyses the spirit,
And what I do not understand:
One does not see it, no blood flows,
And yet it hurts so exceedingly! --
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