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Du mahnst mich an ein Frühlingslüftchen, Das jählings aus dem Süden kam, Urplötzlich fächelt's meine Wangen, Verscheuchend allen Wintergram. Du mahnst mich an die Schlüsselblume, Die, wenn noch Schnee die Felder deckt, Im Wald aus jungen Gräserspitzen Sein zartes Stengelhälschen streckt. Du mahnst mich an die erste Lerche, Die sich aus feuchten Furchen schwingt, Und unsichtbar im blauen Aether Die unbewußte Hymne singt. An Alles mahnst du mich, du Holde, Was je mein junges Herz geliebt, Was meinem müden Geiste Flügel Und meiner Seele Tröstung gibt!
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Confirmed with Gedichte von Ferdinand Sauter, hrsg. Julius von der Traun, Wien: Verlag von Tendler und Comp., 1855, page 22
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You remind me of a springtime breeze That came from the south in sudden haste; All at once it fans my cheeks, Chasing away all sorrow of winter. You remind me of a primrose, Which, when snow still covers the fields, From the young tips of the grasses in the forest Pokes out its delicate little neck. You remind me of the first lark, Which swings upward from the damp furrows, And, invisible in the blue aether, Sings its unconscious hymn. You, lovely one, remind me of everything That ever my young heart loved, That which gives wings to my weary spirit And comfort to my soul.
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