From Goethe Poem by Dave Bennett

From Goethe



Mountain elevations
Sleep in nightfall’s gaze
Valley indentations,
Fill with peaceful haze;
Air with no dust in it,
Every leaf now still…
Wait for just a minute,
Be at peace you will.

-translation Dave Bennett

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Translating classical Russian poetry while maintaining the original meaning, rhyme, and meter is my favorite hobby. This is an English translation of Lermontov's Russian translation of Goethe's original German poem from 1780! : -)

From Goethe (Из Гете)
Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov (1840)
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