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Translation Trashbin - 28. Shakespear in seinen Sonetten
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Shakespear in seinen Sonetten
by August von Platen
Shakespear in seinen Sonetten[[i]]
Du ziehst bei jedem Loos die beste Nummer,
Denn wer, wie du, vermag so tief zu dringen
In's tiefste Herz? Wenn du beginnst zu singen,
Verstummen wir als klägliche Verstummer.
Nicht Mädchenlaunen störten deinen Schlummer,
Doch stets um Freundschaft sehn wir warm dich ringen:
Dein Freund errettet dich aus Weiberschlingen,
Und seine Schönheit ist dein Ruhm und Kummer.
Bis auf die Sorgen, die für ihn dich nagen,
Erhebst du Alles zur Apotheose,
Bis auf den Schmerz, den er dich läßt ertragen!
Wie sehr dich kränken mag der Seelenlose,
Du läsest nie von ihm, und siehst mit Klagen
Den Wurm des Lasters in der schönsten Rose.
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Shakespeare in his Sonnets
With him always, you play your ace in the hole,
For who but you penetrates so deep each time
As you pull all your stops and deploy your rhyme,
Hushing us like mutes while you your songs unroll.
No girlish whims rustle your sleep and cajole,
Because in friendship you wrestle hot in your prime:
Your friend saves you from the female paradigm,
While his beauty’s the fame and grief of your soul.
You’ve power to lift all to its apogee,
Except the nagging sorrows in you he sows;
Except the pain for him you bear by decree.
You won’t leave him, ever going where he goes,
And though the soulless shall ever sicken thee,
You’ll lament for their vice in the fairest rose.
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[i] “Shakespear in seinen Sonetten” August von Platen Gedichte (Stuttgart 1828), p. 172
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