Nature
Spring
Translated by Frank C. Nicholson (1907) · From Old German Love Songs (1907)
Nature
A joyous season day by day
For all the world with mirth draws near,
Full many a sorrow to allay,
Brought by this wintry time of year.
I, too, am oft in sore dismay,
To see the broad heath lie so drear;
That brings me woe; but soon, I trow,
The nightingale will let us know
The struggle has been settled here.
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Hagenau, Reinmar von. “Spring.” Translated by Frank C. Nicholson. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/reinmar-von-hagenau/5/.
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Hagenau, Reinmar von. “Spring.” Translated by Frank C. Nicholson. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/reinmar-von-hagenau/5/.
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