Im Grase lieg' ich manche Stunde
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG ITA
Im Grase lieg' ich manche Stunde
Und sonne mich im Frühlingslicht;
Die Augen schweifen in die Runde,
Warum, wohin? Ich weiß es nicht.
Ein Blümchen pflück' ich hin und wieder
Und steck' es träumend an die Brust;
Horch' auf der Vögel süße Lieder,
Doch fehlt zum Singen mir die Lust.
Und wenn die Wolken blau und blauer
In lichter Wonne sich verweh'n,
So überkommt's mich fast wie Trauer
[Doch]1 nimmer weiß ich's zu versteh'n.
Ein Immchen summt in stetem Kreise
Wie'n altes Lied in meiner Näh',
Wenn es mich stäche leise, leise,
Vielleicht! ich wüßte dann mein Weh!
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1 Franz: "Und"
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- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "In primavera", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 16
Word count: 99
In the grass I lie for some hours
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
In the grass I lie for some hours
And sun myself in the spring light;
[My] eyes wander in [a] circle,
Why, to where? I know not.
A little flower I pick here and there
And stick dreamily upon [my] breast;
I listen to the bird's sweet song,
But lack the desire to sing [myself].
And when the blue and bluer clouds
In sunny delight blow away,
Then I am nearly overcome [with] grief,
[Yet]1 never [do] I know [how] to understand it.
A little bee hums in [a] constant circle
[Close to me], like an old song,
If it stung me softly, softly,
Perhaps! I would [understand] then my pain!
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Translations of title(s):
"Im Frühling" = "In spring"
"Frühlingsdämmerung" = "Spring twilight"
1 Franz: "And"
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