by
Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942)
Halb im Traum
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Mein Herz weiß nicht den jungen Lenz zu tragen,
der [plötzlich]1 über Nacht
in grüner Wunderpracht
[sein Zelt sich vor dem Thore]2 aufgeschlagen.
Mißtrauisch ist es heut hinausgegangen
und suchte halb im Traum
an jedem grünen Baum
die gelben Blätter, die vom Herbste hangen.
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Confirmed with Alfred Mombert, Tag und Nacht. Gedichte, Heidelberg: Verlag von J. Hörning, 1894, page 41
1 omitted by Knab
2 Knab: "seine Zelte vor dem Tore"
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Half in a dream
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
My heart does not know how to bear the young springtime,
which [suddenly]1 overnight,
in wondrous green splendour,
has pitched its [tent]2 before the gate.
[My heart] went out today, suspiciously,
and, half in a dream, it sought
upon every green tree
the yellow leaves that have hung there since autumn.
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1 omitted by Knab
2 Knab: "tents"
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