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When I Left You
Translated by Mayer Landau

You noticed a smile on my face,
And you measured my life out
In yards of blissful days
Which wait somewhere for me.

And only the brown earth heard
The quiet weeping of my steps,
When I left you.

And only the soft grass.
Which was trampled and crushed beneath my hesitating step
Felt
My heart flowing into
The high heels of my shoes

Binding them to the spot
In the silent hope,
That
You might call me back.

But the first tree on the edge of the road
Wise as a prophet from solitude and abandonment,
Bent to the earth by wind and storm,
Held ready for me
The cool outstretched cloth of shade
To hide the sadness in my eyes.

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