Twilight

Original title: "Zwielicht"
Josef Karl Benedikt von Eichendorff (1788-1857)

Dusk prepares to spread its wings,
the trees rustle ominously,
clouds approach like heavy dreams -
what does this horror mean?

If you have a favorite roe,
don't let it graze alone;
hunters roam the forest, sounding their horns,
their voices straying time and again.

If you have a friend on earth,
do not trust him in this hour;
friendly might he seem in eye and mouth,
yet he plans for war in deceitful peace.

What today goes wearily down,
will lift itself tomorrow newly born.
Much goes astray at night -
beware - be alert and wide awake!


There,
dear friends...
Even though he is one of your friend..
just be careful that he might approach your lover
coz something unexpected could grow between them
and there's nothing you can do to stop it if their ship has been sailing...

... and like the poem said:
if you have a favorite roe, don't let it graze alone

if you have a lover, don't let him/her graze alone...


Quote of the day:
"... look at it this way: the hard part is over..."
- from the movie "My Super Ex- Girlfriend", 2006 -