Einst dem Grau der Nacht enttaucht, 1918 (watercolor on paper mounted on board) |
Einst dem Grau der Nacht enttaucht
Dann schwer und teurer
und stark vom Feuer
Abends voll von Gott und gebugt
Nun ätherlings vom Blau umschauert,
entschwebt über Firner
zu Klugen Gestirnen.
Once emerged from the gray of night
Then ponderous and prized
and strengthened by fire
Evenings bowed by the fullness of God
Now heavenly showered with blue,
vanished over snow-covered mountains
to the knowing stars.
(English translation by Kathryn Porter Aichele)
Paul Klee (born 18 December, 1879; died 29 June, 1940)
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