Dear Anne-Mette,
I am also more of a reader than poster on this list serve, and I too so
enjoy the pieces of history and camaraderie I have learned from this
wonderful group.
>From my bad google translation, I was able to come up with:
Oh it’s so easy to float on the stream that roars around us. So hard to
love when you dwell with yourself.
When I searched for your poem in quotation marks, it came up in this book:
https://books.google.com/books?id=B5SByibiQ14C&pg=RA2-PA1&lpg=RA2-PA1&dq=Doch+es+ist+so+schwer+zu+leben,+%22wenn+man+mit+sich+selber+haust%22&source=bl&ots=GOu-e93dPU&sig=ACfU3U1MAJaa4zlhorFfoL471CTnGGasDQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwikrP7-hpzvAhVmGFkFHZvOCmgQ6AEwAHoECAMQAg#v=onepage&q=Doch%20es%20ist%20so%20schwer%20zu%20leben%2C%20%22wenn%20man%20mit%20sich%20selber%20haust%22&f=false
I’m not sure if that is the source, but maybe a direction to explore. It’s
a beautiful poem. I’m so sorry to hear of another life cut short. I hope
this helps! Best wishes to you and hope for more occasions for our paths
to cross.
Warmly,
Devorah
On Saturday, March 6, 2021, Anne-Mette Prent <anprent_at_online.no> wrote:
> Dear Czernowitzers, I am among the "the silent readers" and have been so
> for many years. I have enjoyed all the humor, thoughts and knowledge which
> have been shared here on these pages. Now I wonder if you could help me
> solving a mystery; My uncle Karl Ernst, born in Czernowitz in 1912, died in
> 1937, buried at Weissensee; Berlin, has this poem written on his
> gravestone: Ach es ist so leicht zu schweben, auf dem strom der uns
> umbraust. Doch es ist so schwer zu leben, wenn man mit sich selber haust.
>
> Karl committed sucide while being tortured by the police in Berlin. He was
> political active. Does anyone of you recognize this text? I am not a German
> speaker my language is Norwegians ,so I have not a clue to whom might be
> the author. Can you help me? I wonder if it is linked to his tragic death
> or his political views as a communist? I am anxious to hea from you.
>
> Regards
>
> Anne-Mette Prent
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