Morning serenade
Wilhelm Killmayer
In the treetops, fresh breezes;
distant, melodious springs rustling
through the solitude of the ravine;
forest sounds and birdcalls.
The playmates of shy dreams
all ascend by the morning light
on the grapevine's swaying branches
in and out of your window
and we come near, half in a dream,
and we make known in our sounds
what, outside among the trees,
the wide Spring valley sings.
Once the day loudly moves its wings,
we are all once again far away;
but deep in your heart resound
joy and sorrow for a long time afterward.