Ich sah einen Adler sich wiegen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ich sah einen Adler sich wiegen
Hoch oben im leuchtenden Blau,
Er schaute aus ewigen Fernen
Herab auf mich einsame Frau.
Es standen so träumend die Felder,
So lockend die Berge umher,
Da flog meine Sehnsucht zum Adler,
Zog weitere Kreise als er.
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Confirmed with Anna Ritter, Gedichte, Neunte Auflage, Stuttgart und Berlin: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1900, page 133.
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I saw an eagle soaring
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
I saw an eagle soaring
High up in the shining blue,
From eternal distances it gazed
Down upon me, the lonely woman.
The fields lay so dreamily,
The mountains all around were so enticing,
Thereupon my yearning flew to the eagle
And flew wider circles than [the eagle].
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Translations of title(s):
"Ich sah einen Adler" = "I saw an eagle . . ."
"Ich sah einen Adler sich wiegen" = "I saw an eagle soaring"
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