Über mir in wolkigen Lüften
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Über mir in wolkigen Lüften
[Jubeln]1 Lerchen traumverloren.
Tief im Haidekraute lieg’ ich,
Fühle mich so erdgeboren.
Ganz, als ob ich aus der Scholle
Wildentwachsen wär’, wie Bäume,
Leicht vom Haidewind geschaukelt,
Erde halb -- und halb auch Träume.
Ganz, als ob ich aus der Scholle
Aufgeflogen wär' mit Schwingen,
Hoch im Sommerwind aufsteigend,
Erde halb -- und halb doch Klingen.
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1 Teichmüller: "Wogen" ; more changes may exist, not noted above.
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Born of Earth", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2014-12-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 59
Born of Earth
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Above me in cloudy breezes
Larks [rejoice]1, lost in dreams.
I lie deep in the heather,
I feel myself to be so born of earth.
Utterly, as if I had grown wildly
Out of clod of earth, like trees,
Rocked lightly by the moor-wind,
Half earth -- and also half dreams.
Utterly, as if from the clod of earth
I had flown up with wings,
Rising high in the summer wind,
Half earth -- and yet half ringing sound.
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1 Teichmüller: "soar up and down"; more changes may exist, not noted.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2014 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2014-12-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 77