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Translation Trashbin - 55. Meinem Vater in Wahlverwandtschaft
Meinem Vater
in Wahlverwandtschaft.
Auf der Höhe
Und immer wilder wird die Luft.
Hoch über mir, im Sonnenduft,
Schweift ein Aar.
Tief unter mir die Flüsse klagen:
„Man hat deinen Vater ins Grab getragen!“
So, wie ich trete diesen Fels,
Trat einst mein Vater diesen Fels;
Sein Auge hat wie meins gebrannt
Empor die nahe Felsenwand
Und so das weite, goldne Land
Umspannt.
Es wird ein Sohn, ein Sohn von mir,
Die Welt durchschweiten, so wie ich,
Und wenn er über die Klüfte springt,
Neigt er die Stirne ganz wie ich,
Und hört und hört wie’s näher dringt –
Ein Wort, ihm wunderbar bekannt,
Seit tausend Jahren schon bekannt:
„Mein Vater unter der Erde!“
--Peter Baum,
1902
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Our Father who art
in elective affinity.
From on High
As room to breathe grows more vicious,
High above, in the scent of sun,
An eagle circles as he prowls.
While beneath me, the flows complain:
"One's only planted our forefathers in pits!"
But, just as I'm climbing this cliff,
Our forebearers once here climbed too;
Their eyes like mine were fired up,
Taking in another country,
Close to hand, boundless and shining golden bright.
A son, a son of mine will come
Who will circulate through the world
To widen it, and span its disparate divides,
Raising the outlook of his cheek
To hear, to hear it draw closer –
A name that's miraculously familiar,
One known for a thousand years now:
"Our Father who art underground!"
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