Text & Translation
In ein Stammbuch
German source:
Emanuel Geibel
Betracht' es still, als wär's mein Leichenstein;
Und mild, wie man des Toten sonst gedenkt,
Gedenke mein!
Lines written in an album at Malta
English translation ©
George Gordon, Lord Byron
Some name arrests the passer-by;
Thus, when thou view'st this page alone,
May mine attract thy pensive eye!
And when by thee that name is read,
Perchance in some succeeding year,
Reflect on me as on the dead,
And think my Heart is buried here.
In ein Stammbuch
German source:
Emanuel Geibel
Lines written in an album at Malta
English source:
George Gordon, Lord Byron
Wenn sich auf dieses Blatt dein Auge senkt,
As o'er the cold sepulcher stone
Betracht' es still, als wär's mein Leichenstein;
Some name arrests the passer-by;
Und mild, wie man des Toten sonst gedenkt,
Thus, when thou view'st this page alone,
Gedenke mein!
May mine attract thy pensive eye!
Composer
Max Reger
Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger, commonly known as Max Reger, was a German composer, pianist, organist, conductor, and academic teacher.
Poet
Emanuel Geibel
Emanuel von Geibel , German poet and playwright. He was born at Lübeck, the son of a pastor. He was originally intended for his father's profession and studied at Bonn and Berlin, but his real interests lay not in theology but in classical and…