by
Albert Ehrenstein (1886 - 1950)
Friede
Language: German (Deutsch)
Die Bäume lauschen dem Regenbogen,
Tauquelle grünt in junge Stille,
Drei Lämmer weiden ihre Weiße,
Sanftbach schlürft Mädchen in sein Bad.
Rotsonne rollt sich abendnieder,
Flaumwolken ihr Traumfeuer sterben.
Dunkel über Flut und Flur.
Frosch-Wanderer springt großen Auges,
Die graue Wiese hüpft leis mit.
Im tiefen Brunnen klingen meine Sterne.
Der Heimwehwind weht gute Nacht.
Confirmed with Deutsche Lyrik seit Liliencron, herausgegeben von Hans Bethge, Leipzig: Hesse & Becker Verlag, 1921, pp. 61-62.
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Peace (1917)
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
The trees heed the rainbow,
The dew's source greens the young silence,
Three lambs celebrate their whiteness,
Gentle streams celebrate bathing girls.
A red sun curls up in the the evening,
Downy clouds dissolve into their dreamy fever.
Darkness over tide and field.
Frog wanderers crack open great eyes,
The gray meadows gambol lightly.
In deep waters sounds my star.
The wind of homesickness waves good night.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Albert Ehrenstein (1886 - 1950), "Friede", Rowohlt, first published 1917
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This text was added to the website: 2011-12-29
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