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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, prose translation by Hyde Flippo
Wandrers Nachtlied II
Wandrers Nachtlied II
Über allen Gipfeln
Ist Ruh,
In allen Wipfeln
Spürest du
Kaum einen Hauch;
Die Vögelein schweigen in Walde.
Warte nur, balde
Ruhest du auch.
Wayfarer’s Night Song
Wayfarer’s Night Song
Over all the hilltops
is calm.
In all the treetops
you feel
hardly a breath of air.
The little birds fall silent in the woods.
Just wait . . . soon
you’ll also be at rest.
From Poems That Make Grown Men Cry, edited by Anthony and Ben Holden, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2014, page 14. With thanks to Gary Hotham for sharing this with me.
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