The Song Remains – דאָס ליד איז געבליבן

Tag: trees

  • And When the Forest Turns Green

    And when the forest turns bright and green, / and the sun climbs to mid-sky, / all the woodcutters will abide / and see the blooming of every tree.

  • The Silent Boulder

    Yakov Shudrikh Capped and wrapped in a blanket of white,the gray boulder—a silent giant—sleeps.Below him, hushed and slender streams murmur,while along his back tread my feet.

  • Spring 1942

    And lo and behold Spring has indeed arrived – / Hey, sky – be joyful. Be joyful – / you’re fresh, newborn, and lie in a blue golden cradle / rocked by the gentle wind.

  • Landscapes

    On the downy snow-bed / nights lie and serenely sleep, / in stalls, cows doze …

  • At the Tips of Trees

    At the tips of trees, days die, / at the tips of trees, magnificent dawns arise – / I am also a tree – and it will be the same for me.

  • Wind in the Woods

    The bleak autumn wind keens, / keeping the trees, naked and grey, from sleep. / It has tangled in their branches, / unable to escape. / The trees, powerless to offer release, / bestowed all their gold in a heap / for the wind to doze off in their embrace.

  • Alone

    You never brought me white roses / yet the ground is white-bestrewn with them. / The entire earth is redolent of spring blossoms, / early spring blossoming on snow.

  • The Golden Tale

    The golden tale, my child, has vanished, / I heard it told by the fleeting wind. / The golden tale has flown far off, / it hovers with the golden sun above.

  • Alone in the Woods

    I stride around alone seeking to hide / my heart’s unease in the snow, the white snow. / Winds have fallen asleep in the rock-cracks / and the hills are silent, hushed and pale.

  • Until the Night Comes

    Until the night comes / a day of living is luminous, vast and long — / like the immense yearning to which I’ve succumbed!