Seraphine

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Stuart Moffatt — Seraphine German S

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German text

Schattenküsse, Schattenliebe,
Schattenleben, wunderbar!
Glaubst du, Narrin alles bliebe
Unverändet, ewig wahr?

Was wir lieblich fest bessessen,
Schwindet hin, wie Träumerein;
Und die Herzen, die vergessen,
Und die Augen schlafen ein, sie schlafen ein.

English text

Shadow love and shadow kisses,
Shadow life, how strange, did you
You poor fool, did you believe all this
Is changeless and for ever true?

Now like a dream its going
And yet how safe we felt and sure to keep
All that our hearts but hearts forget
And now our eyes have gone to sleep