by
Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)
February twilight
Language: English
Available translation(s): FRE GER
I stood beside a hill
Smooth with new-laid snow,
A single star looked out
From the cold evening glow.
There was no other creature
That saw what I could see
I stood and watched the evening star
As long as it watched me.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Crépuscule de février", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Dämmrung im Februar", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Crépuscule de février
Language: French (Français)  after the English
J'étais près d'une colline
Doucement recouverte d'une nouvelle neige,
Une étoile solitaire observait
Depuis le rougeoiement d'un soir froid.
Il n'y avait aucune autre créature
Pour voir ce que je pouvais voir
J'étais là et surveillai l'étoile du soir
Aussi longtemps qu'elle me surveilla.
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