Thursday, April 21, 2016

Moon- Night (from German of Eichendorff)

MOON-NIGHT

after the German of Joseph Freiherr Von Eichendorff


It was as if the sky
The earth had quietly kissed,
That she must dream of him,
Alone, in flower-mist.

Through fields there flew a breeze,
Corn ears waved softly near,
Low-rustled forest trees;
The night was so star-clear.

And then my soul outspread
Her wings, wide and alone,
Through silent lands she fled,

As if she flew towards home.