Herbert Nehrlich English Poems

1.
A German - English Poem

So ruhig fliesst der Rhein
kein Fischlein denkt
kein Fischer lenkt
den Kahn fuer sich allein,
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2.
For My Mother - Mother's Day 2006 (English Version)

What will I write to her this year?
About the childhood I remember?
Wait for the poem to appear
in local papers in December?
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3.
Du - English Version

YOU are my flower.
The loveliest flower
that exists
in this world.
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4.
Maedchen An Der Schwalm - English Version

Just like your beautiful long hair,
my thoughts have now become entangled,
inside my mind, so many years
have passed and they will never leave.
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5.
Bad English

There ain't nuthin' more worse
than bad English 'n grammar,
it's when fools treat good verse
with a saber-toothed hammer.
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6.
An English Poem

A sheep grows wool and is quite dumb
a lamb becomes a sheep.
Small numbers swell into a sum
sum totals are to keep.
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7.
Ein Plumsklo (German And English Versions)

Es steht in unserer kleinen Stadt
ein Plumsklo, ganz aus Glas.
Nur einer, der die Nerven hat
kann sagen dass er sass,
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8.
Zaehne -English And German Versions

Im Alter, moechte ich erwaehnen
hat man 'ne Last mit seinen Zaehnen.
Am Anfang wackeln sie beim Kauen
bei Maennern weniger als Frauen.
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