Noch einmal nun das schöne
Lied und laß
Nicht einen süßen Runde-Reim
Verloren.
Dir Lippen auf und nieder
Läuft etwas,
Das in und um den Bienenkorb
Geboren.
's ist Honig, das du singst, und
Allzu hold,
Um noch einmal mir nicht zu sein
Geschenket.
Mich lüstet, weil ich trink, und
Trinken wollt
Ich mehr, je mehr ich trank und bin
Getränket.
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Confirmed with Rudolf Alexander Schröder, Gesammelte Werke in Fünf Bänden, Erster Band, Die Gedichte, Berlin und Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1952, pages 663-664.
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "May song", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Guest Editor] , Harry Joelson
This text was added to the website: 2022-01-17
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Word count: 61
Once more now the lovely
Song and let
Not a single sweet round rhyme
Be lost.
Up and down your lips
Something runs
That was born in and around the
Beehive.
It is honey that you sing and
All too lovely,
Not once more to be given
To me.
I crave while I drink and
Would like to drink
More, the more I drink, and am
Replete with drink.