In der Frühe
Language: German (Deutsch)
Noch dunkel ist's, und Morgen doch,
In Saat und Ästen träumt es noch,
Die Lerche schlummert in der Flur,
Noch singt sie nicht, sie dichtet nur.
Das ist, o Seele, Deine Zeit
Nun tu Dich auf und mach Dich weit,
Daß, wenn der Tag Dich überfällt,
Du schon umschlossen Deine Welt.
Confirmed with Aus frischer Luft. Gedichte von J.G. Fischer, Zweite unveränderte Auflage, Stuttgart: Verlag von Carl Grüniger, 1873, page 6. Note: in many older editions, the spelling of the word "Ästen" becomes "Aesten", but as can be seen in how "über" becomes "Ueber" when capitalized, this is due to the printing process and not to rules of orthography, so we use "Ästen".
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Early in the Morning", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Early in the Morning
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
It is still dark, and yet it's morning,
There is still a dreaming in the grain-field and the branches,
The lark slumbers in the meadow,
She does not sing as yet; she is only composing.
This is, oh soul, your time;
Open yourself widely now,
So that when the day assaults you
You have already enclosed your world [within yourself].
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