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“Spring Day” by Hermann Hesse 🇩🇪🇨🇭 (2 Jul 18779 Aug 1962)
Translated from the German by James Wright
Wind in bushes and bird piping
And high in the highest fresh blue
A haughty cloud ship, becalmed …
I dream of a blond woman, I dream of my youth,
The high heaven blue and outspread
Is the cradle of my longing
Where I choose to lie calm
And blessedly warm
With the soft humming,
Just like a child held
On his mother’s arm.