by
Emil Taubert (1844 - 1895)
Liebesboten
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): CAT ENG
Über die Felder fort
Schick' ich dir Grüsse zu;
Wandern von Ort zu Ort
Mit leichtem Schuh,
Ruhen und rasten nicht,
Steuernd dem Ziele zu.
Herzliebes Lenzgedicht,
Ihr Ziel bist du.
Treffen dann auf dem Weg
Boten von dir,
Kreuzen am Wiesenweg
Die Grüsse sich hier.
Darum so flink zu Haus
Sind sie allstund,
Als tauschten wir Grüsse aus
Von Mund zu Mund.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Els missatgers de l’amor", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Love's messengers", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2013-06-23
Line count: 16
Word count: 63
Love's messengers
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Over the fields away
I send greetings to you;
They wander from place to place
On light feet,
They take neither rest nor repose,
Steering a clear course to their destination.
Sweet poem of springtime,
You are their goal.
Then upon their journey they meet
Messengers from you,
Here at the path through the meadow
The greetings' paths cross.
Hence they are always so quick
Going from house to house,
As if we exchanged greetings
From lips to lips.
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This text was added to the website: 2013-06-23
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Word count: 79