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Eine süsse Harfenweise singt das blühende Tal herein; leise, blütenglockenleise klingen feine Stimmchen drein. In den Blumen hingesunken ruht ein Mädchen, jung und schön, frühlingsduft- und sonnetrunken in dem hellen Lustgetön. Und sie kommen hergeschritten, eine Frühlingsprocession, und der Frühling steht inmitten, blaue Seide ist sein Thron. Und sie stehen still und staunen, wiegen's Köpfchen her und hin, und sie wispern und sie raunen um die holde Schläferin, und der Frühling steigt hernieder, neigt sein Blütenscepter und küsst sie auf die Rosenlider und den sehnsuchtsblassen Mund, dass sie nun in dieser Stille alle Himmel offen sieht und in dieser Blumenfülle selig selber still verblüht.
Confirmed with Sehnen und Suchen, Vierte Auflage, Rostock: C.J.E. Volckmann (Volckman & Wetter), 1905, pages 152-153.
Text Authorship:
- by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), "Eine süsse Harfenweise . .", appears in Sehnen und Suchen: Gedichte, in Einkehr und Wende, in Neue Ziele [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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A sweet harp-strain sings its way into the blossoming valley; softly, as softly as the ringing of flower bells delicate little voices sound along with it. Sunken into the flowers, a maiden rests, young and beautiful, intoxicated with the scent of spring and with the sun in the bright, joyful sound. And they come striding up, a springtime procession, springtime standing in the middle with a throne of blue silk. And they stand silently and marvel, tilting their little heads from side to side, and they whisper and they murmur about the lovely sleeping girl. and springtime descends, inclines its flower-scepter and kisses her upon her rosy eyelids and upon her lips pale with yearning, so that now in this silence she sees all the heavens opened and in the fullness of these flowers herself blissfully, silently fades away.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), "Eine süsse Harfenweise . .", appears in Sehnen und Suchen: Gedichte, in Einkehr und Wende, in Neue Ziele
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This text was added to the website: 2024-12-12
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