On the Street Where You Live

On the Street Where You Live
Bye snowy seagull... time to start thinking warm thoughts.

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Goodbye Flensburg



Am grauen Strand, am grauen Meer
Und seitab liegt die Stadt;
Der Nebel drückt die Dächer schwer,
Und durch die Stille braust das Meer
Eintönig um die Stadt.               
By the grey shore, by the grey sea,
And set apart, lies the town;
The fog lies heavy on the roofs,
And through the stillness roars the sea,
dully around the town.


Es rauscht kein Wald, es schlägt im Mai
Kein Vogel ohn' Unterlaß;
Die Wandergans mit hartem Schrei
Nur fliegt in Herbstesnacht vorbei,
Am Strande weht das Gras.
No forest murmurs, nor do birds
Sing constantly in May;
Only the goose on autumn nights,
With its harsh cry, flies by,
On the shore the grasses sway.


Doch hängt mein ganzes Herz an dir,
Du graue Stadt am Meer;
Der Jugend Zauber für und für
Ruht lächelnd doch auf dir, auf dir,
Du graue Stadt am Meer. 
Yet all my heart belongs to you,
You grey town by the sea;
The magic of my youth, evermore
Will rest and smile on you, on you,
You grey town by the sea.




-Theodor Storm 1851





This year has changed me forever, and though it morphs now from present to past it will stay with me permanently into the infinite abyss of the future.

It is with this that I officially say Auf Wiedersehen. Until we meet again.

With love,
Meredith

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