The snow has fallen
Ferdinand von Hiller
The snow has fallen;
it is not yet time
for all the flowers
to delight us.
The sun swindles us
with a mild, false glow;
even the swallow is lying,
even the swallow is lying -
and why? because he comes alone!
Should I enjoy myself alone
when Spring is so close?
Yet if there were two of us,
yet if there were two of us,
it would all at once be Summer!