by
Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946)
Narrenlied
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Von roten Rosen sang ich die halbe Nacht:
da waren am Strauch sie in Morgenkühle erfroren.
O weh!
Rote Rosen . . am Strauch erfroren!
An rote Lippen hab ich inbrünstig gedacht:
da haben sie sich an einen Andern verloren,
O weh!
Rote Lippen . . an Andern verloren!
Da hab' ich am Ende alles grimmig verlacht:
nun verlacht mich die Welt und nennt mich den Toren.
Juchhe!
Rote Lippen und Rosen -- lachende Toren!
Confirmed with Albert Sergel, Jenseits der Straße. Gedichte und Stimmungen, Rostock: C.J.E. Volckmann (Volckmann & Wette), 1905, page 6.
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Song of the fool", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Song of the fool
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
I sang of red roses half the night:
then in the morning’s cold, they were frozen upon the bush.
Oh woe!
Red roses . . frozen upon the bush!
I thought ardently about red lips:
then they gave themselves to another [man],
Oh woe!
Red lips . . lost to another!
In the end I laughed grimly at everything:
now the world laughs at me and calls me a fool.
Hurray!
Red lips and roses -- laughing fools!
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