Wie Vögel langsam ziehn
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wie Vögel langsam ziehn --
es blicket voraus der Fürst
und kühl wehn um die Brust ihm
die Begegnisse, wenn es um ihn schweiget,
hoch in der Luft.
Reich glänzend aber hinab
das Gut ihm liegt der Länder
und mit ihm sind das erstemal
siegforschend die Jungen.
Er aber mäßiget
mit der Fittiche Schlag.
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- ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , title 1: "As migratory birds slowly fly over", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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As migratory birds slowly fly over
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
As migratory birds slowly fly over --
the prince looks out ahead
and like a cool breeze
on his chest are events when
there is silence around him high
in the air; but richly gleaming, down below,
lie the lands that belong to him, and with him are
the youths striving for victory for the first time.
But he moderates
with the beat of his wings.
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