Der beste Liebesbrief
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Hat sie's dir denn angethan
Im Vorüberschweben,
So verfolge rasch die Bahn
Zu dem neuen Leben.
Hasche dir den Schmetterling
Auf dem Rosenhügel,
Nimm ihm mit dem blauen Ring
Seinen weißen Flügel;
Borge von der Biene dann
Dir den Honigrüssel,
Der zum Griffel dienen kann,
Wie zum Blumenschlüssel;
Laß das Blatt nun ohne Scheu
Durch die Lüfte schnellen:
Ist dir Amor hold und treu,
Wird's der Wind bestellen.
Confirmed with Gedichte von Friedrich Hebbel, Gesammt-Ausgabe stark vermehrt und verbessert, Stuttgart und Augsburg: J.G. Cotta'scher Verlag, 1857, page 264.
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The best love-letter", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Bruno W. Häuptli , Sharon Krebs
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2004-01-22
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The best love‑letter
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
If she captivated you then
In wafting past you,
Then follow the path quickly,
[The path] to the new life.
Catch yourself the butterfly
Upon the rosy hill,
With the blue ring, take from it
Its white wing;
Then from the bee borrow
The honey-sucking proboscis,
Which can serve as a stylus,
As well as a key to the flowers;
Without fear now let the sheet
Dart through the breezes:
If Amor is gracious to you and faithful,
The wind shall see it delivered.
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