by
Friedrich Hermann Frey (1839 - 1911), as Martin Greif
Weihnachtsgefühl
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): CAT ENG FRE
Naht die jubelvolle Zeit[,]
Kommt auch mir ein Sehnen;
Längst entflohner Seligkeit
Denk ich nach mit Tränen.
Und ich schaue, wie im Traum,
Ihren fernen Schimmer
Weben um den Weihnachtsbaum,
Kehrt sie selbst auch nimmer.
Confirmed with Wartburgstimmen, Zweiter Jahrgang, 2, 1904, page 352.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Esperit de Nadal", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Christmas mood", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Esprit de Noël", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Christmas mood
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
When the jubilant time nears
I, too, feel a yearning;
Of long past bliss
I think with tears.
And I see, as if in a dream,
Its distant shimmer
Weaving about the Christmas tree,
Even if [the bliss] itself never returns.
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