by
Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946)
Ein Maientag
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ein Maientag, so schön wie keiner war!
Die Sonne stand am Himmel, leuchtend [klar]1,
an einem Himmel, der in tiefem Blau
sich wölbte über schimmernd-grüner Au.
Die Lerchen stiegen jubelnd in die Luft;
am Gartenhang bog blühend sich der Flieder
und lachte zu den jungen Veilchen nieder;
in allen Wegen lag [der warme]2 Duft.
Das war ein Tag voll Frühlingsauferstehn . .
Herz, laß auch uns dem Lenz entgegen sehn!
Und was der Winter trüb an uns verbrach:
wir gehen nun dem neuen Frühling nach!
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• C. Sinding View original text (without footnotes)
Confirmed with Albert Sergel, Jenseits der Straße. Gedichte und Stimmungen, Rostock: C.J.E. Volckmann (Volckmann & Wette), 1905, page 33.
1 Sinding: "und klar"
2 Sinding: "warmer"
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A day in May . .
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
A day in May, as lovely as none ever was!
The sun stood in the sky, shining [clearly]1,
upon a sky that in deep blue
arched over the shimmering green meadow.
The larks rose rejoicingly into the air;
along the garden slope the lilac bowed in blossoming
and laughed down to the young violets;
in all the lanes lay [the warm]2 scent.
That was a day full of the resurrection of springtime . .
my heart, let us, too, look toward spring!
And whatever crimes winter drearily committed against us:
we now follow the new springtime!
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1 Sinding: "and clear"
2 Sinding: "warm"
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