In Hellbrun

Once more following the blue grief of the evening
Down the hill, to the springtime fishpond-
As if the shadows of those dead for a long time were
hovering above,
The shadows of church dignitaries, of noble ladies-
Their �owers bloom so soon, the earnest violets
In the earth at evening, and the clear water washes
From the blue spring. The oaks turn green
In such a ghostly way over the forgotten footsteps
of the dead
The golden clouds over the fishpond.