Drüben überm Berge
Streut sein Licht der fahle Mond,
Dort in ewiger Mondesnacht
Meine tote Jugend wohnt.
Drüben überm Berge
Bei dem Grab der Königin
Geht verhärmt im Geisterschritt
Meine tote Liebe hin.
Drüben überm Berge
Wo die kühlen Tempel sind,
Schluchzt vor meinen toten Göttern
Ein verirrt Gebet im Wind.
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Yonder over the mountain
The wan moon strews its light,
There in eternal moonlit night
My dead youth lives.
Yonder over the mountain
By the grave of the queen,
Haggardly in ghostly pacing,
My dead love wanders.
Yonder over the mountain
Where the cold temples are,
Before my dead gods
A lost prayer sobs in the wind.