Selected German Verse by J.W. Goethe
From your Guide for German Language
In the original German with a
side-by-side poetic translation in English.
| Wandrers Nachtlied II | Wayfarer's Night Song II |
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | Prose Translation by Hyde Flippo |
| Über allen Gipfeln | Over all the hilltops |
| Ist Ruh, | is calm. |
| In allen Wipfeln | In all the treetops |
| Spürest du | you feel |
| Kaum einen Hauch; | hardly a breath of air. |
| Die Vögelein schweigen in Walde. | The little birds fall silent in the woods. |
| Warte nur, balde | Just wait... soon |
| Ruhest du auch. | you'll also be at rest. |
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