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Lasker-Schüler, Else: O ich möcht aus der Welt

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O ich möcht aus der Welt (German)

Dann weinst du um mich.

Blutbuchen schüren

Meine Träume kriegerisch.

 

Durch finster Gestrüpp

Muß ich

Und Gräben und Wasser.

 

Immer schlägt wilde Welle

An mein Herz;

Innerer Feind.

 

O ich möchte aus der Welt!

Aber auch fern von ihr

Irr ich, ein Flackerlicht

 

Um Gottes Grab.



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Source of the quotationhttp://www.alb-neckar-schwarzwald.de

Oh let me leave this world (English)

Then you will cry for me.

Copper beeches pour fire

On my warlike dreams.

 

Through dark underbrush

I crawl,

Through ditches and water.

 

Wild breakers beat

My heart incessantly;

The enemy within.

 

Oh let me leave this world!

But even from far away

I'd wander – a flickering light –

 

Around God's grave.



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Source of the quotationhttp://www.alb-neckar-schwarzwald.de

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