by
Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942)
Schwarze Zweige blättern stumm mich zu
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Schwarze Zweige blättern stumm mich zu,
denn mein Herz will in die Ruh.
Aber aus den tiefsten Schatten
tritt [herein]1 ein leuchtendnacktes Weib,
und noch einmal werd' ich mich begatten,
weil noch Seele heischt ein Leib.
Ein blauer Himmel ist erhellt,
Und wieder steh' ich träumend schaffend in der Sonnenwelt.
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Confirmed with Alfred Mombert, Der Glühende: ein Gedichtwerk , Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Friedrich, 1896, page 106
1 Knab: "hervor"
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Black branches mutely cover me with leaves", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Black branches mutely cover me with leaves
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Black branches mutely cover me with leaves,
for my heart wishes to enter into peace.
But out of the deepest shadows
there [enters] a shiningly naked woman,
and once more I shall mate,
because a body is still demanding this soul.
A blue sky is lit up,
And once more I stand dreamily creative in the sunny world.
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1 Knab: "emerges"
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