by
Max Dauthendey (1867 - 1918)
Heut es kein Abend werden will
Language: German (Deutsch)
Heut es kein Abend werden will,
In alle Gassen hinein
Steht noch der Frühlingstag still.
Und der Laternen funkelnde Reih'n
Ziehen im letzten Tagesschein
Wie in die Halle des Himmels hinein.
Seht auch, es glänzen im Grau
Die Steine der Straßen noch blau.
Der Tag will den Stein nicht verlassen;
Er will ihn als Edelstein fassen,
Weil die Menschen darüber gegangen,
Die Menschen zu zwein und mit glühenden Wangen.
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Confirmed with Max Dauthendy, Insichversunkene Lieder im Laub, Zweite Auflage, München: Albert Langen, 1911, page 6.
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Today evening does not want to come
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Today evening does not want to come,
In all the streets
The springtime day still lingers quietly.
And the twinkling rows of lanterns
Travel in the last light of day,
As if entering the halls of Heaven.
See, too, in the greyness
The stones of the street still shine bluely.
The day does not want to leave the stone;
It wishes to set it like a jewel,
Because people walked over it,
People as twosomes and with glowing cheeks.
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Translations of title(s):
"Heut es kein Abend werden will" = "Today evening does not want to come"
"Märzabend" = "March evening"
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