O legt mich nicht ins dunkle Grab
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: CAT ENG FRE
O legt mich nicht ins dunkle Grab,
Nicht unter die grüne Erd' hinab!
Soll ich begraben sein,
Lieg' ich in's tiefe Gras hinein.
In Gras und Blumen lieg' ich gern,
Wenn eine Flöte tönt von fern
Und wenn hoch obenhin
Die hellen Frühlingswolken ziehn.
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Confirmed with Gedichte von Ludwig Uhland, Stuttgart und Tübingen: in der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1815, page 55.
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Oh do not lay me into the dark grave
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Oh do not lay me into the dark grave,
Not down below the green earth!
If I must be buried,
I shall lie in the deep grass.
I lie gladly in grass and flowers,
When a flute sounds from afar,
And when high above me
The bright clouds of spring pass by.
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Translated titles:
"Frühlingsberuhigung" = "Springtime reassurance"
"Frühlingsruhe" = "Springtime's rest"
"Frühlings-Ruhe" = "Springtime's rest"
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