Fic: Journey's End

[iamjabberwok]

Title: Journey’s End

Challenge: Episode Titles

Pairing: Jack/Doctor

Warnings: Character Death, Emo Mush, German (I don’t actually speak it, so I probably screwed up the sentence structure.  Deep apologies.)

Comments

[hab318princess]

Hi, I've corrected your German as it was rather wrong - hope it helps. Loved the fic by the way and the way the Doctor gives Jack that secret.

Herr, Lehre doch mich das ein Ende mit mir haben mus und mein leben ein ziel hat und ich da von mus - should be: Herr, lehre mich doch das es ein Ende mit mir haben muss und mein Leben ein Ziel hat und das ich sterben muss

Selig Sind die da lied tragen, Sind sie solen getröstet werden - should be: Selig sind die die das Leid tragen, sie sollen getröstet werden.

[iamjabberwok]

Thanks for the german suggestions. I changed the comma splices and the captialization errors, but I did not change the text. I don't doubt that you're right, you probably are, but Brahms (who adapted the libretto for the Requiem himself from the German Luther Bible) lists it that way for whatever reason. Perhaps it's archaic German? I don't know. I speak 3 languages, but German isn't one of them.

[iamjabberwok]

or perhaps the problem here is the inexact translation. I just looked it up and really Herr, lehre doch mich... should translate to:
Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.
Both however have the same essential meaning: The speaker begs God to show him how fleeting his existence is, and that death is inevitable. Really poignant stuff. Again, thanks so much for your help!

[hab318princess]

No worries, I just went with a literal translation, keeping the biblical verses in mind... Luther's German is rather old fashioned!

[iamjabberwok]

yeah, thanks for the help! I really love the text Brahms uses, especially in these particular movements.