Feldeinsamkeit (“Solitude in a Field” or "Through the Fields of Solitude")

Feldeinsamkeit (“Solitude in a Field” or "Through the Fields of Solitude")

 

by Hermann Allmers

translation by David B. Gosselin with Michael R. Burch 

 

Peacefully, I rest in the tall green grass

For a long time only gazing as I lie,

Caught in the endless hymn of crickets,

And encircled by a wonderful blue sky.

 

And the lovely white clouds floating across

The depths of the heavens are like silky lace;

I feel as though my soul has long since fled,

Softly drifting with them through eternal space.

 

Originally published by Better Than Starbucks

 

NOTE: This poem was set to music by the German composer Johannes Brahms. Keywords/Tags: translation, solitude, peace, grass, field, sky, cloud, cloudy, heaven, soul, space, lyric, music