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An Hour Ere Break of Day
By Eduard Mörike (1804–1875)
From ‘Lyrics and Ballads of Heine and other German Poets’: Translation of Frances Hellman
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An hour ere break of day,
Sand near the window, on a tree,
A little bird, scarce heard by me
An hour ere break of day.
Thy sweetheart false doth play
Whilst I am singing this to thee,
He hugs a maiden, cozily,
An hour ere break of day.”
Hush! I’ll not hear thy lay!
Fly off, away fly from my tree,—
Ah! love and faith are mockery
An hour ere break of day.”