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by (Christian) Friedrich Hebbel (1813 - 1863)

Ich sah des Sommers letzte Rose stehn
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Ich sah des Sommers letzte Rose stehn,
  Sie war, als ob sie bluten könne, rot;
Da sprach ich schauernd im Vorübergehn:
  So weit im Leben, ist zu nah am Tod!

Es regte sich kein Hauch am heißen Tag,
  Nur leise strich ein weisser Schmetterling;
Doch ob auch kaum die Luft sein Flügelschlag
  Bewegte, sie empfand es und verging.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Friedrich Hebbel. Gesammt-Ausgabe stark vermehrt und verbessert, Stuttgart und Augsburg, J. G. Cotta'scher Verlag, 1857, page 163.


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  • by (Christian) Friedrich Hebbel (1813 - 1863), "Sommerbild", appears in Gedichte, in 3. Vermischte Gedichte [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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