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Hinunter ist schon der Mond, hinab das Siebengestirn. Mitternacht nun! Stunde um Stunde verrinnt, ach, und ich Arme liege noch einsam. Tau tropft kühl herab aus der dunklen Krone des Baumes; die Blätter rauschen im Nachtwind, von ihnen nieder strömt Schlaf.
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The moon has already gone down, Pleiades has set. Midnight now! Hour after hour runs by, ah, and I, poor one, still lie alone. Cool dew drops down from the dark crown of the tree; the leaves rustle in the night wind, sleep streams down from them.
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