.Abenddämmerung,
Be welcome, hour of twilight!
Long have I loved you above all;
You soothe every wound,
Gently embracing our souls.
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Throughout your dusky brightness
In the air, damp with evening dew,
Hover images that the glaring
Light of the noisy day dispells.
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Dreams and memories
Approach from childhood times,
Whispering with ghostly tongues
Of past happiness.
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And to the comrades of our youthful pleasures
We turn in our father's house;
Arms that once embraced us
Are open wide to us again.
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After the long pain of separation,
We may once again
Be with those who have gone hence,
And rest among beloved hearts;
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And until upon our eyelids
Slumber gently flows down,
A blessed peace sinks down upon us
From the land where our friends are.
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