Trübe Zeit
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG FRE
Nun streichen die friedlosen Winde
So scheu durchs Land,
Nun liegen die Blätter der Rosen
So fahl im Sand.
Und was er von Treue gesprochen
Zur Frühlingszeit,
Das wanderte fort mit den Winden,
Ach weit, so weit.
Es hallen die Glocken vom Thurme --
Wie klingts so schwer,
Als ob eine sündige Seele
Gestorben wär.
Confirmed with Anna Ritter, Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, Fünfte Auflage, Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1900, page 108.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Dreary times", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Jours troubles", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2011-07-07
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Word count: 54
Dreary times
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Now the restless winds
Sweep so shyly through the land,
Now the petals of the roses lie
So colourlessly in the sand.
And what he said of faithfulness
In the springtime,
That wandered off with the winds,
Ah far, so far.
The bells ring out from the tower --
How heavy it sounds,
As if a sinful soul
Had died.
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