Im Frühling
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Ich weiß einen Weg
Waldein, waldein,
Was war's mit dem Weg?
Ich ging ihn allein,
Und im Walde rundum,
Beredt und doch stumm,
Da webte und wirkte der Frühling.
Und wie ich komme
Zum Wald, zum Wald,
Da lausch' ich erschrocken
Ein andrer Schritt schallt.
Und im Walde rundum,
Beredt und doch stumm,
Da kicherte heimlich der Frühling.
Ich weiß eine Bank
Von Stein, von Stein.
Was war's mit der Bank?
Wir saßen zu zwei'n,
Und im Walde rundum,
Beredt und doch stumm,
Hob segnend die Hände der Frühling.
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "In springtime", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2023-11-02
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Word count: 89
In springtime
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
I know a path
Into the woods, into the woods,
What was it with the path?
I walked it alone,
And round about in the woods,
Loquacious and yet mute,
Springtime wove and worked.
And as I come
To the woods, to the woods,
I listen, startled,
[For] another step resounds.
And round about in the woods,
Loquacious and yet mute,
Springtime giggled secretively.
I know a bench
Of stone, of stone.
What was it with the bench?
We sat upon it as a twosome,
And round about in the woods,
Loquacious and yet mute,
Springtime raised its hands in benediction.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2024 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2024-02-05
Line count: 21
Word count: 101