by
Ludwig Jacobowski (1868 - 1900)
Allein
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Fern singt ein Mädchen in die Nacht hinaus,
Zum Kinderstimmchen der Harmonika.
Ich lausche still. --
Mein Herz springt mir heraus.
O Gott, wie einsam ist mein weites Haus,
Und keine Seele da! . . .
Und jeder Ton, der sich ins Zimmer schleicht,
Macht mir die Finsternisse doppelt bang.
Ich lausche still . . .
Der Abend ist so lang.
In meinen Augenlidern zittert's feucht.
O, ein Hund nur, der mein Knie umstreicht!
Confirmed with Ludwig Jacobowski, Ausklang: Neue Gedichte aus dem Nachlass, Herausgegeben und mit Einleitung versehen von Dr. Rudopf Steiner, Minden in Westfahlen: J.C.C. Bruns Verlag, 1901, page 181.
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Alone
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Far away a maiden sings out into the night,
To the little child-like voice of the harmonica.
I listen silently. --
My heart leaps from my breast.
Oh God, how lonely is my great house,
And not a soul there! . . .
And every tone that creeps into the room
Makes the darknesses twice as frightening to me.
I listen silently . . .
The evening is so long.
There is a moist trembling in my eyelids.
Oh, only a dog that weaves about my knee!
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