I'm homesick for my hills again -
To see above the Severn plain
Unscabbarded against the sky
The blue high blade of Cotswold lie;
The giant clouds go royally
By jagged Malvern with a train
Of shadows.
Where the land is low
Like a huge imprisoning O
I hear a heart that's sound and high,
I hear the heart within me cry:
"I'm homesick for my hills again -
Cotswold or Malvern, sun or rain!
My hills again!"
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- GER German (Deutsch) (Sharon Krebs) (Maria M. Schnepp) , "In Flandern (1915)", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 14
Word count: 76
Ich sehne mich erneut nach meinen Hügeln --
Zu sehn, wie über der Ebene des Severn
Sich Cotswold wie eine blankgezogne blaue Klinge
Gegen den Himmel abzeichnet;
Wo die gigantischen Wolken königlich
Über die gezackten [Malvern]1 hinziehen
Mit einem Schattenzug.
Wo das Land eben ist
Wie ein großes einsperrendes O,
Höre ich ein Herz, heil und hehr,
Höre ich mein Herz im Busen rufen:
„Ich sehne mich erneut nach meinen Hügeln--
Cotswold oder Malvern, Sonne oder Regen!
Nur meine Hügel wieder!“