by
Helene Tiedemann (18?? - 1907), as Leon Vandersee
Durch hohe Kirchenfenster
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Durch hohe Kirchenfenster flutet hell und klar
Das Sonnenlicht,
Ein Strahl umflimmert golden meiner Liebsten Haar
Und Angesicht.
Sie selber hält in frommer Andacht tief gesenkt,
Das junge Haupt;
Ob ihr der Himmel gnädig wohl den Frieden schenkt,
Den sie mir raubt?
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Through high church windows", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Through high church windows
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Through high church windows sunlight floods
Brightly and clearly,
Golden, a sunbeam flickers about the hair of my beloved
And about her face.
She herself holds her young head deeply bowed
In pious worship,
I wonder if Heaven shall mercifully grant her the peace
That she steals from me?
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This text was added to the website: 2019-05-11
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