On the last day of Automn (Read Lancashire) A painting by Rob Miller
On the last day of Autumn I walked the road to Simonstone
- (Higher House Farm Read Lancashire)
Professional Acrylic on Canvas
50 x 70 cm
Here is a seasonal poem that I have always liked, its by the German Poet Maria Rainer, who like Schumann the composer had a certain grasp of the seasons. This poem is called autumn which translated in a rudimentary fashion (Its a long time since I did my German Exam) may mean; Thank you Lord for the long summer, the ripening of the vine will be completed if we have but two more warm days, and then she reminds us that if you have not completed what you should have done such as building your house than that time is now past and you must walk ceaselessly while the falling leaves dance. Here the seasons of the year are representative of the seasons of life.
Herbsttag
Herr: es ist Zeit. Der Sommer war sehr groß.
Leg deinen Schatten auf die Sonnenuhren,
und auf den Fluren laß die Winde los.
Befiel den letzten Früchten voll zu sein;
gib ihnen noch zwei südlichere Tage,
dränge sie zur Vollendung hin und jage
die letzte Süße in den schweren Wein.
Wer jetzt kein Haus hat, baut sich keines mehr.
Wer jetzt allein ist, wird es lange bleiben,
wird wachen, lesen, lange Briefe schreiben
und wird in den Alleen hin und her
unruhig wandern, wenn die Blätter treiben.
Rainer Maria Rilke
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