- Heinrich Heine “Wandere!”
- Wenn dich ein Weib verraten hat,
- So liebe flink eine Andre;
- Noch besser wär es, du ließest die Stadt –
- Schnüre den Ranzen und wandre!
- Du findest bald einen blauen See,
- Umringt von Trauerweiden;
- Hier weinst du aus dein kleines Weh
- Und deine engen Leiden.
- Wenn du den steilen Berg ersteigst,
- Wirst du beträchtlich ächzen;
- Doch wenn du den felsigen Gipfel erreichst,
- Hörst du die Adler krächzen.
- Dort wirst du selbst ein Adler fast,
- Du bist wie neugeboren,
- Du fühlst dich frei, du fühlst: du hast
- Dort unten nicht viel verloren.
- Heinrich Heine “Take to the road!”
- If you are let down and betrayed by a girl,
- Don't bother but find a new one.
- Much better though - you took to the road,
- Tie up your backpack and wander!
- You will quickly come up to a blue awesome lake,
- Encircled by big weeping willows.
- You may here cry about your little ache,
- Your intimate pains and sorrows.
- And when you that smashing height will have climbed,
- You will be heavily sighing.
- Still, as you get to that rocky peak,
- You will hear the eagles cawing.
- And there you are - as an eagle yourself!
- You are as if a newborn.
- You feel at ease, you feel you have not lost
- That much down there below!
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