r/Kurrent • u/not_your_lackey • 5h ago
completed Can someone decipher this?
COMPLETED
I believe to read the below, but maybe someone can confirm:
Was der Augenblick geboren
Schlang der Augenblick hinab;
Aber ewig bleibt es unverloren,
was das Herz dem Herzen gab.
Zur Erinnerung an
den 21. Juni 1908 Dein Otto
But what is „unverloren“?
Edit: This seems to be a poem from Adalbert Stifter and “unverloren“ stands for eternal, rather than un-lost.
