by
Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942)
Schneefall
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Und viele Tage fiel nun schon ein Schnee.
Nur Schnee. Nur Schnee.
Stumpfgrau der Himmel! sonnelos.
Und eines Morgens sprach Er sanft zu Ihr:
"Laß uns gehn."
Sie nickte nur und nahm ein seiden Tüchlein
und schloß die Kammer.
Sie wandeln Hand in Hand durch tiefen Schnee.
Träumend.
Lächelnd.
Der letzte goldne Schimmer wandelt aus dem Land . . .
Confirmed with Alfred Mombert, Tag und Nacht, Zweite, veränderte Auflage, Minden i. W.: J.C.C. Bruns, 1902, page 92
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Snowfall
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
And already for many days now snow has been falling.
Only snow. Only snow.
Dull grey the sky! sunless!
And one morning He gently spoke to Her:
"Let us go."
She merely nodded and took up a little silk scarf
and closed [the door of] the chamber.
They walk hand in hand through deep snow.
Dreamily.
Smilingly.
The last golden shimmer exits the land . . .
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