The Ballad of the White Horse — Page 6
Up through an empty house of stars,
Hinauf durch ein leeres Haus aus Sternen,
Being what heart you are,
So wie das Herz, das du bist,
Up the inhuman steeps of space
Hinauf die unmenschlichen Höhen des Weltraums
As on a staircase go in grace,
Wie auf einer Treppe schreite anmutig,
Carrying the firelight on your face
Das Feuerschein auf deinem Gesicht tragend
Beyond the loneliest star.
Jenseits des einsamsten Sterns.
Take these; in memory of the hour
Nimm diese; zur Erinnerung an die Stunde,
We strayed a space from home
Als wir eine Weile von zu Hause wegstreiften
And saw the smoke-hued hamlets, quaint
Und die rauchfarbenen Weiler sahen, malerisch
With Westland king and Westland saint,
Mit westländischem König und westländischem Heiligen,
And watched the western glory faint
Und den westlichen Glanz verblassen sahen
Along the road to Frome.
Entlang der Straße nach Frome.
Vocabulary
- Hinauf
- Upward, in an upward direction
- durch
- Through, across, by means of
- ein
- A, an; one (indefinite article)
- leeres
- Empty, vacant, hollow (adjective form)
- Haus
- House, home, building
- aus
- Out of, from, made of
- Sternen
- Stars (dative plural of Stern)
- So
- So, thus, in this way
- wie
- How, as, like, in what way
- das
- The (neuter definite article); that
- Herz
- Heart, center, core
- du
- You (informal singular pronoun)
- bist
- Are (second person singular of sein)
- die
- The (feminine/plural definite article)
- unmenschlichen
- Inhuman, superhuman, beyond human scale
- Höhen
- Heights, altitudes, elevated places
- des
- Of the (genitive masculine/neuter article)
- Weltraums
- Of space, of the cosmos, outer space
- Wie
- How, as, like (interrogative/comparative)
- auf
- On, upon, onto, at
- einer
- A, one (dative feminine indefinite article)
- Treppe
- Staircase, steps, flight of stairs
- schreite
- I stride, step, walk solemnly
- anmutig
- Graceful, elegant, charming in movement
- Das
- The (neuter article); that (demonstrative)
- Feuerschein
- Glow of fire, firelight, fiery radiance
- deinem
- Your (dative masculine/neuter possessive pronoun)
- Gesicht
- Face, visage, countenance
- tragend
- Carrying, bearing, supporting (present participle)
- Jenseits
- Beyond, on the other side, the hereafter
- einsamsten
- Most lonely, most solitary, most isolated
- Sterns
- Of the star (genitive of Stern)
- Nimm
- Take! (imperative of nehmen)
- diese
- This, these (demonstrative pronoun/adjective)
- zur
- To the, at the (contraction of zu der)
- Erinnerung
- Memory, remembrance, recollection, souvenir
- an
- At, on, to, near, against
- Stunde
- Hour, a specific moment in time
- Als
- When, as, than (conjunction)
- wir
- We (first person plural pronoun)
- eine
- A, one (feminine indefinite article)
- Weile
- A while, a short period of time
- von
- From, of, by, away from
- zu
- To, at, too, toward, closed
- Hause
- Home, house (dative form of Haus)
- wegstreiften
- Roamed away, wandered off, strayed from home
- Und
- And (coordinating conjunction)
- rauchfarbenen
- Smoke-colored, grey like smoke, hazy-hued
- Weiler
- Hamlet, tiny village, small rural settlement
- sahen
- Saw, observed (past tense of sehen)
- malerisch
- Picturesque, scenic, visually charming, painterly
- Mit
- With, along with, together with
- König
- King, monarch, ruler of a kingdom
- und
- And (coordinating conjunction)
- Heiligen
- Saints, holy figures, sacred persons
- den
- The (accusative masculine/dative plural article)
- westlichen
- Western, of the west (adjective form)
- Glanz
- Gleam, shine, splendor, radiance, luster
- verblassen
- To fade, to pale, to lose brightness
- Entlang
- Along, alongside, following the length of
- der
- The (feminine genitive/dative or masculine nominative)
- Straße
- Street, road, avenue, thoroughfare
- nach
- To, after, toward, according to
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