Christina Rossetti, A diamond or a coal?
A diamond or a coal?
A diamond, if you please;
Who cares about a clumsy coal
Beneath the summer trees?
A diamond or a coal?
A coal, sir, if you please:
One comes to care about the coal
What time the waters freeze.
Diamant oder Kohle?
Den Diamanten, bitte schön!
Wer will denn schmutzige Kohle,
wenn heiter Sommerlüfte wehn?
Diamant oder Kohle?
Kohle, mein Herr, bitte schön!
Die hat man nötig, Kohle,
wenn Eisblumen am Fenster blühn.
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