Evening breezes rustle yet in the wood | Evening breezes rustle yet in the wood

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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Translation © by Jakob Kellner

Abendlich schon rauscht der Wald

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT CHI DUT ENG ENG FRE IRI ITA

Abendlich schon rauscht der Wald
Aus den tiefsten Gründen,
Droben wird der Herr nun bald
An die Sternlein zünden,
Wie so stille in den Schlünden,
Abendlich nur rauscht der Wald.

Alles geht zu seiner Ruh,
Wald und Welt versausen,
Schauernd hört der Wandrer zu,
Sehnt sich recht nach Hause,
Hier in Waldes grüner Klause
Herz, geh' endlich auch zur Ruh!

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• R. Franz • F. Hensel • H. Pfitzner • A. Walter

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff, Zweite vermehrte und veränderte Auflage, W. Simion in Berlin, 1843, page 382.

Text Authorship:

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Abschied", appears in Gedichte, in 6. Geistliche Gedichte [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Evening breezes rustle yet in the wood

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Evening breezes rustle yet in the wood
from the deepest grounds;
above the lord will now soon
light the stars.
How silent in the chasms!
Just evening breezes in the wood.

Everything goes to its rest.
Wood and world vanish; 
shuddering, the wanderer listens,
yearning for home.
Here in the green hermitage of the forest,
Heart, at last, you too go to rest.

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• R. Franz • F. Hensel

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Abschied", appears in Gedichte, in 6. Geistliche Gedichte
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 66