Remnant
O spiritual reunion
In old autumn.
Yellow roses
Defoliated by the garden fence,
A great pain melted
To a dark tear,
O sister!
So still the golden day ends.
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Rondeau
Gone and passed is the gold of day,
And the evening’s brown and blue:
Silenced the shepherd’s tender flute
And the evening’s brown and blue
Gone and passed as is the gold of day.
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Silence
Over the forests the moon
Gleams pale, makes us dream,
The willow by the dark pond
Weeps soundlessly in the night.
A heart extinguishes - and placidly
The fogs flood and rise -
Silence, silence!
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Untitled: the Song of the Spring Rain
The song of the spring rain is dark in the night,
Under the clouds the showers of rosy pear blossoms
Trickery of the heart, chant and insanity of the night.
Fiery angels who step from deceased eyes.
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On the Edge of an Old Water
Dark interpretation of the water: stars in the mouth of the night,
Sighing in black pillows the rosy shadow of man,
Redness of autumn, the rustling of the maple in the old park,
Chamber concerts which fade on decayed stairs.
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Sister's Garden
It's already cool, it's already late,
It's already autumn
In sister's garden, silent and still;
Her step has turned white.
A blackbird call lost and late,
It's already autumn
In sister's garden, silent and still;
An angel became.
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Metamorphosis
An eternal light glows dark-red,
A heart so red, in sin's pressure!
Hail, o Mary!
Your pale effigy has blossomed
And your mantled body glows,
O woman, Mary!
In sweet tortures your lap burns,
Then your eye smiles painfully and largely,
O mother, Mary!
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Evening Walk
I go into the evening,
The wind jogs along and sings:
You are bewitched by every light,
O feel, what struggles with you!
A dead woman's voice that I loved
Speaks: poor is the fools' heart!
Forget, forget what clouds the soul!
The becoming shall be your pain!
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Autumnal Homecoming
Memory, buried hope
Is preserved by this brown timber,
Dahlias hang over it
Ever more silent homecoming,
The dark reflection of childish years
By the decayed garden,
That tears fall from blue eyelids
Irresistibly;
Gloom's crystalline minutes
Gleam over
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The Deep Song
From deep night I was released.
My soul is astonished in immortality,
My soul listens over space and time
To the melody of eternity!
Not day and lust, not night and suffering
Is the melody of eternity,
And since I listened to eternity,
I feel no more lust and suffering!
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