Through the silent night
I hear the returning vagrant hopes of the morning
knock at my heart.
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The English Writings of Rabindranath Tagore, Volume Two: Poems, Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd., New Delhi, 2007, p. 467.
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- GER German (Deutsch) (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist)
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Durch die Stille der Nacht", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2013-11-08
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Durch die Stille der Nacht
höre ich die heimkehrenden irrenden Hoffnungen des Morgens
an mein Herz klopfen.