Quiet, dreaming springtime night

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by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Stille, träumende Frühlingsnacht

Language: German (Deutsch)

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Stille, träumende Frühlingsnacht ...
Die Sterne am Himmel blinzelten mild,
Breit stand der Mond wie ein silberner Schild,
In den Zweigen rauschte es sacht.
Arm in Arm und wie in Träumen
Unter duftenden Blütenbäumen
Gingen wir durch die Frühlingsnacht.

Der Flieder duftet berauschend weich;
Ich küsse den Mund dir liebeheiß,
Dicht überhäupten uns blau und weiß
Schimmern die Blüten reich.
Blüten brachst du uns zum Strauße,
Langsam gingen wir nach Hause,
Der Flieder duftete liebeweich ...

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• F. Gernsheim • M. Reger

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Confirmed with Otto Julius Bierbaum, Irrgarten der Liebe. Verliebte, lauenhafte und moralische Lieder, Gedichte und Sprüche aus den Jahren 1885 bis 1900, Erstes bis fünftes Tausend, Berlin und Leipzig: Im Verlage der Insel bei Schuster und Loeffler, MDCCCCI (1901), pages 48-49.

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by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910), "Flieder", subtitle: "(Erinnerungsblatt an M.M.)", appears in Irrgarten der Liebe. Verliebte, launenhafte und moralische Lieder, Gedichte und Sprüche aus den Jahren 1885 bis 1900, in Lieder [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Quiet, dreaming springtime night

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Quiet, dreaming springtime night . . .
The stars in the sky sparkled gently,
The moon was as broad as a silver shield,
In the branches there was a soft rustling.
Arm in arm and as in dreams,
Under the scented blossom trees
We walked through the springtime night.

The scent of the lilac is intoxicatingly soft;
In fervent love I kiss your lips,
Above us, blue and white, the blossoms
Form a canopy and shimmer opulently.
You picked blossoms for a bouquet for us,
We walked home slowly,
The lilac sent forth love-soft scents . . .

Subtitle: "(A memento for M.M.)"

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Translations of title(s):
"Flieder" = "Lilac"
"Stille, träumenden Frühlingsnacht" = "Quiet, dreaming springtime night"

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