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Sunday, October 17th, 2004 03:03 am
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Herbsttag

Herr: es ist Zeit. Der Sommer war seht groß.
Leg deinen Schatten auf die Sonnenuhren,
und auf den Fluren laß die Winde los.

Befiehl den letzten Früchten voll zu sein;
gieb ihnen noch zwei südlichere Tage,
dränge sie zur Vollendung hin und jage
die letzte Süße in den schweren Wein.

Wer jetzt kein Haus hat, baut sich keines mehr.
Wer jetzt allein ist, wird es lange bleiben,
wird wachen, lesen, lange Briefe schreiben
und wird in den Alleen hin und her
unruhig wandern, wenn die Blätter treiben.

Rainer Maria Rilke (Translation: http://picture-poems.com/rilke/images.html#Autumn Day )



I love this poem, which is strange, because I don't usually like Rilke. But the mood and the last stanza are amazing, I think. Usually, I don't even like poems about seasons, there are too many about spring and summer. Right now, I feel more like autumn. Or like this one about winter, with luck.



Winter

The frost is here,
And fuel is dear,
And woods are sear,
And fires burn clear,
And frost is here
And has bitten the heel of the going year.

Bite, frost, bite!
You roll up away from the light
The blue woodlouse and the plump doormouse,
And the bees are stilled, and the flies are killed.
And you bite far into the heart of the house,
But not into mine.

Bite, frost, bite!
The woods are all the searer,
The fuel is all the dearer,
The fires are all the clearer,
My spring is all the nearer,
You have bitten into the heart of the earth
But not into mine.

Lord Alfred Tennyson



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