by
Max Jähns (1837 - 1900)
Holde Nacht! Durch Buchenwipfel
Language: German (Deutsch)
Holde Nacht! Durch Buchenwipfel
Scheint der volle Mond in's Thal;
Auf des Berges breitem Gipfel
Ruht sein blasser Silberstrahl.
Tiefe Stille in den Wäldern,
Keine Luft in Baum und Strauch;
Aber weithin auf den Feldern
Wandelt leiser Nebelhauch.
Und so laß die Seele schweifen,
Aufgelöst in Traum und Duft,
Bald die Erde zitternd streifen,
Bald verwehn in Himmelsluft!--
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Confirmed with Max Jähns, Ein Jahr der Jugend. Gedichte von Max Jähns, Dresden: Druck der National-Lotterie-Buchdruckereien von E. Blochmann u. S. und J. Ernst,, [1861], page 126.
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "July. Lovely night", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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July. Lovely night
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Lovely night! Through the tops of the beeches
The full moon shines into the valley;
Upon the broad peak of the mountain
Rest its pale silvery beam.
Profound stillness in the forests,
No breeze in tree and bush;
But far upon the fields
A quiet breath of mist wanders.
And so let your soul drift,
Dissolved in dream and scent,
Now tremblingly brushing the earth,
Now dissipating in the heavenly air! --
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