Sternentrost
Language: German (Deutsch)
Still ist die Nacht,
Die Pappel wiegt sich sacht,
Die Glocke schlägt, das Bächlein rauscht,
Die Wachtel grüßt, die Liebe lauscht.
Es wogt mein Schmerz;
Verwundet Herz,
O blute blute nimmermehr,
So friedlich ist die Nacht und hehr.
O all ihr Sterne weit und breit,
O uferlose Ewigkeit,
Was ist doch alles Erdenweh?
Es kommt und schmilzt wie Märzenschnee!
Confirmed with Gedichte von Eduard Dössekel, Bern: Verlag von Jent und Reinert, 1851, page 64.
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Comfort of the stars", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Comfort of the stars
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
The night is quiet,
The poplar sways gently,
The bell tolls, the brooklet rushes,
The quail greets, love hearkens.
My pain surges;
Wounded heart,
Oh bleed, bleed nevermore,
Night is so peaceful and so sublime.
Oh all ye stars far and wide,
Oh boundless eternity,
For what is all earthly woe?
It comes and melts like snow in March!
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This text was added to the website: 2024-02-28
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