by
Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Wer ein Herz hat und im Herzen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Wer ein Herz hat und im Herzen
Liebe trägt, ist überwunden
Schon zur Hälfte; und so lieg ich
Jetzt geknebelt und gebunden - - -
Wenn ich sterbe, wird die Zunge
Ausgeschnitten meiner Leiche;
Denn sie fürchten, redend käm ich
Wieder aus dem Schattenreiche.
Stumm verfaulen wird der Tote
In der Gruft, und nie verraten
Werd ich die an mir verübten
Lächerlichen Freveltaten.
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Word count: 63
Gentle creatures, kindly spirits
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Gentle creatures, kindly spirits
Know their love will bring them anguish
All too quickly; thus already
Bound and gagged I sadly languish....
When I die, they'll seize my body,
Cutting out the tongue it harbors,
Lest, still talking, I should haunt them,
Rising up from ghostly arbors.
Dumbly shall I sink and molder
Underground, without revealing
How they came to perpetrate their
Foolish, wicked double-dealing.
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Note: this is a revised American version of the one published with the David Blake setting.
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Word count: 65