A nightingale still, so late?

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by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Noch eine Nachtigall, so spät?

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Noch eine Nachtigall, so spät?
Schon sind die Blüthen längst verweht,
Der Sommer reift die Felder schon,
Und noch ein Frühlingston?

O Lenz, ward es dir offenbar,
Daß ich noch sterbe dieses Jahr?
Und riefest aus der Ferne du
Noch einen Gruß mir zu? --

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Confirmed with Nicolaus Lenau’s sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von G. Emil Barthel, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun., [no year], page 234.

Text Authorship:

by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Der Kranke im Garten", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Zweites Buch, in Vermischte Gedichte [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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A nightingale still, so late?

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

A nightingale still, so late?
The blossoms have long since been scattered by the wind,
Summer is already ripening the fields,
And still a sound of springtime?

Oh Spring, was it revealed to you
That I would die this year yet?
And from out of the distance did you
Call a greeting to me once more?

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Translations of title(s):
"Ahnung" = "Premonition"
"Der Kranke im Garten" = "The ill one in the garden"
"Der letzte Gruß" = "The last greeting"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Der Kranke im Garten", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Zweites Buch, in Vermischte Gedichte
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