Language: German (Deutsch)
Die Blumen glüh'n im Mondenlicht
Der märchenschönen Mitternacht.
Im Baume unten, blütendicht,
Der Sterne Glanz sich flimmernd bricht;
Sie kosen mit der Blätterpracht,
Im süßen Zauber der Mitternacht!
Die Lüfte geh'n so weich, so hehr,
Wie ferner Dome Glockenklang;
Mir ist das Herz so andachtsschwer,
Es rauscht um mich wie Gotteslehr',
Wie Orgelton und Feiersang
Im süßen Zauber der Mitternacht.
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- ENG English (David Arkell) , "Midnight", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
The flowers glow in the moonlight
Of midnight’s fairy-tale beauty.
In the thickly blossomed tree below,
The flickering gleam of the stars emerges;
They caress the splendour of the leaves,
In the sweet magic of midnight!
The breezes move so softly, so nobly,
Like the sound of distant cathedrals’ bells;
My heart is so weighted with reverence,
The rustling around me is like God’s teaching,
Like organ tones and festive singing
In the sweet magic of midnight.
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