“Farewell!” – How can you speak so lightly about this?

Reading the page 114 of A Matter of Death and Life by Irvin and Marilyn Yalom. Suddenly, I have a better understanding of the poem – Farewell by Eduard Mörike.

“How can you speak so lightly about this? I cannot bear the thought of your dying.” – Irvin Yalom said, as his wife, Marilyn Yalom was talking about her funeral.

“Farewell!” – You do not feel
What it means, this word of pain;
With hopeful countenance
You said it, and a light heart.

„Lebewohl!“ – Du fühlest nicht,
Was es heisst, dies Wort der Schmerzen;
Mit getrostem Angesicht
Sagtest du’s und leichtem Herzen.

Lebe wohl (Excerpt)
Eduard Mörike

Listen to the song here:



My previous post about the book A Matter of Death and Life by Irvin D. Yalom and Marilyn Yalom:

https://thejourney-writing.com/2023/01/a-coffin-for-two.html

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