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Ein recht Gemüt
Springt mit den Nachtigallen
Auf manche Blüt,
Und freuet sich an allen!
Von einem Zweig
Will manche einzeln schallen,
Nicht all zu gleich
Wie Saat der Menschen wallen.
Doch was vermag
Ein wallend Herz zu stören?
Nicht Trommelschlag!
Zum Trotz sie schlägt in Chören.
Nicht Kukussic Ruf,
Von Kindern oft befraget,
Kein Schlag vom Huf,
Der über Wiesen jaget.
Nichts störet sie,
Nur heller muß sie singen,
Da höret sie
Den Widerhall erklingen;
Ist voll das Herz,
So geht der Mund wohl über,
Und Lust und Schmerz,
Wird da unendlich lieber.
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Line count: 32
Word count: 133
A good spirit
flits with the nightingales
to many blossoms,
and rejoices in all of them.
From one branch
some wish to sing alone,
not unlike
how people sow seeds.
But what can disturb
a surging heart?
Not the beating of a drum!
In spite, it beats in a chorus;
Not the cuckoo’s call
that children often ask for:
Not the blow of hooves,
shooting across the meadows.
Nothing disturbs her,
she must only sing more brightly,
and she will hear
the resounding echo.
If the heart is full,
then the mouth overflows with beautiful words as well,
and pleasure and pain
are infinitely dear.
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Note: this is a translation of L. Reichardt's version.
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This text was added to the website: 2019-07-08
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Word count: 107
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