Mondnacht [English translation]

It was as though the Heaven

had kissed the Earth with gleam

that, veiled in pale florescence,

of him she now must dream.

A breeze rose in the pastures

that gently swayed the corn

the forests softly whispered

the night was star-adorned.

And so my soul expanded

its wings out far and wide

flew through the still expanses

as though back home to fly.