. Parting from thee
Still, I sense the pressure from thy hand
And thy lips' soft warmth,
meanwhile the land, the wide land,
- oh boundless growing ground
-
blows us apart.
In the axles' clanging sound
I hear the prayer of thy believing
heart,
In a breeze from afar
I feel thy blessing.
In the still glint of a star
I see thy gracious face.
Thou keepst me embraced!
In thy existence I'm enclosed
as if we'd been related long before.
Through arms' uproar and fires of war
thy courage carries me.
Hold me in thy sanctuary.
Beloved wife!
I care for thee - !
December 1941