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The Ultimate Vehicle of Earthly Bliss - 27. Tired soil

 

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Deines Schicksals Wort

 

Hat dich wohl je ein Wort betört?

Es fiel wie Samen in ein Land

Und wuchs bis dir die Welt erstand.

Du pflücktest mit beglückter Hand –

Und ward dein Schicksal dir beschert.

 

Nun rufst dus in den toten Nächten,

Doch ist dein Erdreich seiner müd,

Es nimmt den Samen nicht. Der flieht

Vom Wind getragen fort und blüht

Bei Fremden auf mit deines Herzens Prächten. [i]

 

 

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Your Fateful Word

 

Hasn’t a word ever riled you?

It fell like a seed on the ground,

Grew till it took over your world.

Then you plucked with complacent hands –

And brought your fate upon yourself.

 

Now you call through it in the dead of night,

But when your soil is tired of it,

It never takes root. One may float,

Carried away by the breezes

To bloom amid strangers with your heart’s splendor.

 

 

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[i] “Deines Schicksals Wort” Toni Schwabe, Ibid., p. 59

https://archive.org/details/3476447/page/58/mode/2up

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On 8/21/2024 at 6:40 PM, ReaderPaul said:

Several emotions evoked here.  Obsession, anger, complacency, and hints of others.  Sometimes, one or more words may inspire us, or may "dent" the sphere of our emotions.

Thank you, PeaderPaul. I've encountered several poems in German where a "Wort" has gravely impacted the poet enough to want to deal with effect it had on their lives

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On 8/22/2024 at 7:47 AM, Parker Owens said:

Has a word overtaken me? Absolutely. This poem’s first few lines know me too well. Words and tunes can hold me transfixed for days. But the same can be true of faces and people, and so again I am known. 

Thank you, Parker. Your personal interaction with this poem tells me I may have done right by it, for the German original is possibly less dark than I paint it; but then again, my translation is how I feel Schwabe intends a reader to feel -- so maybe I found the balance and strike the right notes after all 

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