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Oft geht an schönen Frühlingstagen Ein seltsam Rauschen durch den Wald, Gleichwie ein sehnsuchtsinnig Fragen, Das durch die weichen Lüfte hallt; Ein Flüstern dann, ein holdes Scherzen, Recht wie ein Zug von Herz zu Herzen -- Doch wer dies Rauschen will verstehn, Der muß im Wald zu Zweien gehn! Vom Bächlein rauscht es tief in Gründen; Ein Plätschern hier, ein Plaudern dort: In frischer Luft ein Lenzverkünden, Im Liebestraum ein flüsternd' Wort; Da ist, als müßten im Vereine Mittönend rauschen selbst die Steine -- Doch wer dies Rauschen will verstehn, Der muß im Wald zu Zweien gehn. Und geht auf stillem Waldeswege Im Lenzgefühl ein junges Paar, Dann glänzt wie Gold durch's Laubgehege Der Himmel reich und wunderbar; Kein Lüftchen will das Glück verschweigen, Und lauter rauscht es in den Zweigen -- Doch wer dies Rauschen will verstehn, Der muß im Wald zu Zweien gehn.
Confirmed with Gedichte von Hermann Kletke, Vermehrte Gesammt-Ausgabe, Berlin: Verlag von E.H. Schroeder (Hermann Kaiser), 1873, page 46.
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- by (Gustav) Hermann Kletke (1813 - 1886), "Waldesrauschen", appears in Liebes-Leid und Lust [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
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Often on beautiful springtime days A curious soughing passes through the woods, Like a deeply yearning questioning That echoes through the soft breezes; Then a whispering, a lovely jesting, Quite like an inclination of heart to heart -- But those who wish to understand this soughing Must walk in the woods as a twosome! There is a rushing of the brooklet deep in the gullies; A splashing here, a prattling there: In the fresh air a proclamation of spring, A whispering word in the dream of love; It is as if the stones themselves must Sough along resoundingly -- But those who wish to understand this soughing Must walk in the woods as a twosome. And when a young couple walks along The quiet forest path in springtime sentiment, Then like gold, the heavens glow richly and wondrously Through the leafy enclosure; No breeze wishes to conceal the happiness And more loudly it soughs in the branches -- But those who wish to understand this soughing Must walk in the woods as a twosome.
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