The market and streets are deserted,every house is quietly lit,I walk through the alleys,everything looks so festive.
At the windows women have piously decorated colorful toys,a thousand little children stand watching,are so wonderfully happy.
And I wander outside the walls into the open field.A holy glow, a holy shiver!
How wide and silent is the world!
Stars wind their circles high,From the loneliness of the snow rises’s like wondrous song.O time full of grace!
Joseph von Eichendorff (1837)
Marketplace and streets are deserted,
everything looks so sad.
That’s because of all the water,
everyone likes to stay home.
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On the banks people have
bags full of sand.
Heavy rain, nasty fog
And the sky is covered.
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And I wander outside the walls,
all the way to Mesum-Feld.
Rain, rain makes me shiver,
how the world is so dull and wet.
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Streams barely recognizable,
The loneliness is over.
Murmuring instead of the usual light singing,
O merciless time.
Gerd Cosse 2023
