TranslationJul 15, 20181 minDer Tod das ist die kühle Nacht by Heinrich HeineDeath is the cooling night, Life is the sultry day. But now darkness settles And I long for respite. Outside my window there looms a...
TranslationJun 6, 20183 minCassandra by Friedrich SchillerIn Greek mythology, Cassandra was the daughter of King Priam of Troy. She was given the ability to foresee the future by the god Apollo,...
TranslationMay 10, 20181 minNänie by Friedrich SchillerEven the beautiful must perish; it sways the gods, and rules mankind! Yet it does not move the iron breast of the Stygean Zeus. Only once...
TranslationApr 19, 20181 minNearness of the Beloved by Johann Wolfgang GoetheI think of you when the shimmering sea waves Shine bright on me; I think of you when the moon's resplendent rays Light up each stream. I...
Original TranslationApr 13, 20182 minThe Power of Song by Friedrich SchillerA stream of rain from fissured mountains, It comes with thunder's vehemence, A shattered peak pursues its fountains, And oaks beneath it...
Original TranslationMar 25, 20181 minWanderer’s Night Song II by Johann Wolfgang GoetheII. Over the hilltops Is quietness, And in the treetops Emptiness, There's hardly a sigh. The birds are soundless in the forest; With...
TranslationDec 15, 20172 minThe Knight of Toggenburg (1797) by Friedrich SchillerSir knight, I can a sister's love Happily offer you, But any other kind of love Would not be true. Softly I can appear to you, And softly...
TranslationNov 16, 20172 minLonging by Friedrich SchillerIf I could fly from this dark valley Where the gloomy vapors creep And by some wonder swiftly flee, My soul would blessedly weep! Gazing...