1

Not much longer will you thirst,
Burned heart!
A promise is in the air,
Blowing to me from unknown mouths —
A great coolness comes ...

My sun stood hot over me at noon:
I welcome you, you that arrive
As sudden winds —
You cool spirits of afternoon!

The air passes by strange and pure.
Doesn't the night cast a furtive
Seductive glance
Towards me? ...
Remain strong, my brave heart!
Do not ask: why? —

2

Day of my life!
The sun sinks.
Already the smooth rising tide
Stands gilded.
The rock breathes warmth:
Does happiness sleep well to noon
In its midday slumber?
In green lights
Happiness still plays over the brown abyss.
Day of my life!
Towards evening it passes!
Already your eye gleams
Half-open,
Already your dew wells up
Teardrops,
Already flowing quietly over white seas
Your crimson love,
Your final gradual bliss ...

3

Serenity, golden, come!
You doomed
More secret, sweeter anticipation of pleasure! —
Did I run too quickly along my path?
Just now, when my foot becomes weary,
Your glance catches up with me,
Your happiness catches up with me.

Around me nothing but waves and play.
Whatever was hard,
Sank into blue oblivion,
Now my boat lies idle.
Storms and voyages—how they've been forgotten!
Desire and hope have drowned,
Smooth lie soul and sea.
Seventh solitude!
I've never felt
Closer to sweet security,
In the warmest glance of the sun. —
Isn't the ice of my summit still white-hot?
Silvery, light, a fish
My bark now swims out...