by
Gustav Kastropp (1844 - 1925)
Die Birkenzweige wehen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Die Birkenzweige wehen
Im Winde hin und her,
Jung Harolds Augen sehen
Träumend hinunter in's Meer.
Wie rollen nach fernen Weiten
Die Wellen dahin ohne Rast!--
So fliehen der Jugend Zeiten
In unaufhaltsamer Hast.
Es wehet der Wind nach Norden
Hin über die Täler und Höh'n.--
Wie hold ist Ella geworden,
Wie wunderlieblich und schön!
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Confirmed with Gustav Kastropp, König Elf’s Lieder. Eine lyrische Rhapsodie, Zweite Auflage, Stuttgart: Verlag von Adolf Bonz & Comp., 1877, page 15
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The birch branches sway", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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The birch branches sway
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
The birch branches sway
Back and forth in the wind,
Young Harold’s eyes gaze
Dreamily down into the sea.
How the waves roll onward
To distance expanses without rest!--
Thus do the times of youth
Flee in relentless haste.
The wind blows toward the north,
Over valleys and heights.--
How lovely Ella has become,
How wondrously sweet and beautiful!
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This text was added to the website: 2017-05-31
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