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The Ultimate Vehicle of Earthly Bliss - 25. Up to his mouth
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War einer, der Großes noch sprechen kunnt,
Aber zum Mund
Reichte ihm schon das Wasser.
‚Meine Rede, die ist
So schwer wie Gold!
Sie zieht mich zum Grund!
Das mich retten wollt’
Ein Freund!’
Er rief und rief
Und sank – und kam
Noch einmal, ehe die Tiefe ihn nahm.
War einer, der Großes noch sprechen kunnt –
Und sank doch still
In Schweigens Grund. [i]
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He was someone who still spoke of great things,
Though the water
Had risen up to his mouth.
‘My talk’s heavy as gold!
Speaking pulls me down
To drown me, when a friend
Could easily save me yet
By his wanting!’
He called and called
He sank – and rose
One final time, before the depths took him.
He was someone who could speak of great things –
But still he sank
In quiet’s depths.
[i] “War einer, der Großes noch sprechen kunnt” Toni Schwabe, Ibid., p. 43
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