On the wing

Favorite lyrics in translation by Frank Beck

5 Meter

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On a New Year's Eve, in a new-moon land, They played Rio Reiser, and they made their plans. And they each had a goal; they each wanted s...

Le Large (The Open Sea)

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No ordinary tale etched in my memory, no ship full of pirates that can take control; no shooting star that would leave me in the dark...
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The Most Beautiful Song

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There were two simple notes but one grand symphony-- that's how we found each other, and together we made a most beautiful son...

Stadt Land Fluss

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Anna Depenbusch Now I'm here, then I'm there: My suitcase always packed to go, So nothing holds me anywhere, And ther...

Throw It Overboard

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What’s going on inside this house? Everything is in the way. I can’t catch my breath here; I need room to think. I have do...
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Frank Beck
I am a New York-based writer and translator. I review poetry for The Manhattan Review and write about music for The Elgar Society Journal. With Raleigh Whitinger, I translated Lou Andreas-Salomé's novel 'Das Haus' ('Anneliese's House' from Boydell & Brewer).
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