Dein Herz ist wie die Nacht so hell, Ich kann es sehn - Du denkst an mich - es bleiben alle Sterne stehn. Und wie der Mond von Gold dein Leib Dahin so schnell Von weit er scheint. Else Lasker-Schüler aus: Else Lasker-Schüler, Sämtliche Gedichte, S. Fischer, 2016, Frankfurt am Main
This is the first day of my life Swear I was born right in the doorway I went out in the rain, suddenly everything changed They're spreading blankets on the beach
Yours was the first face that I saw I think I was blind before I met you I don't know where I am, I don't know where I've been But I know where I want to go
And so I'd thought I'd let you know That these things take forever, I especially am slow But I realized that need you And I wondered if I could come home
I remember the time you drove all night Just to meet me in the morning And I thought it was strange, you said everything changed You felt as if you just woke up
And you said "This is the first day of my life I'm glad I didn't die before I met you But now I don't care, I could go anywhere with you And I'd probably be happy"
So if you wanna be with me With these things there's no telling We just have to wait and see But I'd rather be working for a paycheck
Than waiting to win the lottery
Besides, maybe this time is different I mean, I really think you like me
I
want to hold you now
And listen to you breathe
It's like
the ocean sound
Whispering through the trees
In the hollow
of your shoulder
There's a tide pool of my tears
Where the
waves came crashing over
And the shoreline disappears
Baby
close your eyes
Fly back there with me
Where the phosphor
shines
Green flashlights from the sea
Our nets were full of
soft shells
Our hearts were free from toil
And we made love
on the kitchen table
Till the water reached a boil
We
hold it all for a little while, don't we...
Kiss the dice, taste
the rain
Like little knives upon our tongue
We can do no
wrong when the lights come on
And the music plays
And we
take the stage like we own the place
As if time were cheap and
the night forever young
So
let 'em turn my soul
Seven shades of blue
And
with the ocean's roll
I will wave to you
And the birds will
sing my laughter
And the whales will steal my song
And I'll
be ok forever after
And the world will get along
Der
Steig war steil, doch wagten wir's gemeinsam...
Und
heut noch helfen wir uns, Hand in Hand.
Mag
sein, wir stehn an unsres Lebens Ende
noch
unterm Ziel, - genug, der Weg ist klar!
Dass
wir uns trafen, war die große Wende.
Aus
zwei Verirrten ward ein wissend Paar.
Christian
Morgenstern
What
a mind-soothing, enchanting interpretation!
Time
keeps movin' on, Friends they turn away. I keep movin' on But
I never found out why I keep pushing so hard the dream, I keep
tryin' to make it right Through another lonely day, whoaa.
Dawn
has come at last, Twenty-five years, honey just in one night, oh
yeah. Well, I'm twenty-five years older now So i know we can't
be right And i'm no better, baby, And i can't help you no
more Than i did when just a girl.
Aww, but it don't make no
difference, baby, no, no, And i know that i could always try. It
don't make no difference, baby, yeah, I better hold it now, I
better need it, yeah, I better use it till the day i die,
whoa.
Don't expect any answers, dear, For i know that they
don't come with age, no, no. Well, ain't never gonna love you any
better, babe. And i'm never gonna love you right, So you'd
better take it now, right now.
Oh! but it don't make no
difference, babe, hey, And i know that i could always try. There's
a fire inside everyone of us, You'd better need it now, I got
to hold it, yeah, I better use it till the day i die.
Don't
make no difference, babe, no, no, no, And it never ever will,
hey, I wanna talk about a little bit of loving, yeah, I got to
hold it, baby, I'm gonna need it now, I'm gonna use it, say,
aaaah,
Don't make no difference, babe, yeah, Ah honey, i'd
hate to be the one. I said you're gonna live your life And
you're gonna love your life Or babe, someday you're gonna have to
cry. Yes indeed, yes indeed, yes indeed, Ah, baby, yes
indeed.
I said you, you're always gonna hurt me, I said
you're always gonna let me down, I said everywhere, every day,
every day And every way, every way. Ah honey won't you hold on
to what's gonna move. I said it's gonna disappear when you turn
your back. I said you know it ain't gonna be there When you
wanna reach out and grab on.
Was
sind meine Siebensachen in den überladnen Räumen Die ich mitnehm', wenn die Ruhe bricht Angebunden wie ein Drachen An der
Leine schmerzt das Träumen Welche Hand auch hält, ich will sie
nicht Das sie unten wie Maschinen ihre Kreise ziehn Mehr bleibt
nicht vom Menschenleben, sieht man nur von oben hin Man kann
gar nicht glauben, dass es Müde und Glückliche gibt.
Wie
hat man sich frei gefunden Ist, wenn Sturm war, aufgestiegen Und
die Welt war neu und unbekannt. Hat, wenn halt war, sich
gewunden Doch dann läßt die Schnur man siegen Was sie hält,
ist oft die eigne Hand. Und man sieht die Leute unten kleine Kreise
ziehn Mehr bleibt nicht vom Menschenleben, sieht man nur von
oben hin Man kann gar nicht glauben, dass es Müde und
Glückliche gibt.
Was sind meine Siebensachen Jene, die ich
wirklich brauche Leicht genug, daß ich noch laufen kann. Ach,
was will ich bei den Schwachen Die nur immer Sachen brauchen Kann
noch aufhörn ohne Angst, was dann Daß sie unten wie Maschinen
ihre Kreise ziehn Ist für mich kein Leben, lieber bin ich
selber mittendrin Und was auch geschehen mag, schlimm ist
nur, wenn nichts mehr geschieht.
Im Nebel ruhet noch die Welt, Noch träumen Wald und Wiesen: Bald siehst du, wenn der Schleier fällt, Den blauen Himmel unverstellt, Herbstkräftig die gedämpfte Welt In warmen Golde fließen. Eduard Mörike aus: Christine Knödler (Hrsg.), Warum ist Rosa kein Wind?, Ravensburger, 2014, Ravensburg
