Dazu diese Stille…Es war die gleiche Stille, die ich am selben Morgen so drückend draußen auf der Heide empfunden hatte; die Stille, auf die man nicht lauschen soll, weil man dann nur ein Durcheinander fremder Laute hört, Myriaden von Schreien und schließlich ein fernes und schweres Dröhnen, das nicht mehr zu dieser Welt gehört…Ich mußte menschliche Stimmen hören, ich wollte meine eigene Stimme vernehmen.
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And this silence...It was the same silence that I had felt so oppressively outside on the heath that morning; the silence that one should not listen to because then one only hears a confusion of strange sounds, a myriad of cries, and finally a distant and heavy roar that no longer belongs to this world...I needed to hear human voices; I wanted to hear own my voice.
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markvanroode 8413
11 months, 2 weeks ago
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And this silence...It was the same silence that I had felt so oppressively outside on the heath that morning; the silence that one should not listen to because then one only hears a confusion of strange sounds, myriads of cries, and finally a distant and heavy roar that no longer belongs to this world...I needed to hear human voices; I wanted to hear own my voice.
Translated by
markvanroode 8413
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Discussion
Danke Mark :))
by Merlin57 11 months, 2 weeks agoThanks, Wendy. I think a 'myriad of cries' is better, too.
by markvanroode 11 months, 2 weeks agoMark, I only hesitated here because of 'myriads'. 'a myriad of cries' is what I would have instinctively written, but having done some research, I discover that at least in American English, both 'myriad' and 'myriads' is fully accepted. I have reached the end of the 1500's in my listening to the podcast series on The History of English and continue to be fascinated and overwhelmed even by the amount of information to digest!
by Merlin57 11 months, 2 weeks ago