English transl.: Der träumende See

How lovely it is in the open air,
in the green month of May,
in the woods, how lovely.
How sweet it is to take the sun,
far from the town,
high in the windy hills.

Under the hedges
with their splashes of gold
mixed with shadow,
one can lay down,
freshened with the perfumed leaves
of hazel and lilac.

And then one strolls further,
picks flowers and herbs
and strawberries on the way.
Hot from climbing
one can cool one's cheeks
with the twigs.

There, like dazzling sparks,
the wavelets in the stream
rise and fall,
deep in silent thought,
one watches them flow away,
half dreaming, half awake.

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