Igjennem Bøgeskoven
Jeg dig ved Hånden førte —
Det var så grønt og kjøligt,
Vi Nattergalen hørte.
Det var, som hele Verden
Med Blomster og med Grene,
Med Skyer og med Stjerner,
Tilhørte os alene.
Vi talte ikke sammen;
Vi kunde Intet sige,
Som snoede, tause Ranker,
Eensomme, lykkelige.
Så frit, afsides var det,
Så ubevogtet, stille —
Det var, som om vi Intet
Meer ønskede og vilde.
Waldeinsamkeit
Durch Buchenwald ich führte
Dich an der Hand; wir gingen
durch kühle Dämm'rung; hörten
Die Nachtigallen singen.
Es schien, die ganze Erde,
Die Zweige, Blumen, Steine,
Die Wolken und die Sterne,
Gehörten uns alleine.
Wir sprachen nicht zusammen;
Wir konnten gar nichts sagen,
Wie stumm verschlung'ne Ranken,
Einsam, von Glück getragen.
So frei war's, abgeschieden,
So unbewacht, im Stillen -
Als ob kein Wunsch mehr bliebe,
in dieser Welt
für uns noch zu erfüllen.
Forest Lonesomeness
Through beech wood's shade we wandered,
I held your hand while leading.
It was so green and balmy,
the nightingale was pleading.
It was, as if all nature,
the flowers, twigs, the stones,
the rainclouds and the stars
belonged to us,
to us alone.
We did not speak together,
we found no words to say.
Like silent vines, entwined,
lonesome our blissful way.
Such freedom in our hiding,
so unseen and so quiet,
as if in the entire
existence were no wishes left,
no desire.
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