h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Die Nebensonnen (The phantom suns)

Text by Wilhelm Müller (1794-1827)

Drei Sonnen sah ich am Himmel steh'n,
I saw three suns in the sky,

Hab' lang und fest sie angeseh'n;
I stared at them long and hard;

Und sie auch standen da so stier,
And they, too, stood staring

Als wollten sie nicht weg von mir.
As if unwilling to leave me.




Ach, meine Sonnen seid ihr nicht!
Ah, but you are not my suns!

Schaut ander'n doch ins Angesicht!
Stare at others in the face, then:

Ja, neulich hatt' ich auch wohl drei;
Until recently I, too, had three;

Nun sind hinab die besten zwei.
Now the best two are gone.




Ging nur die dritt' erst hinterdrein!
But let the third one go, too!

Im Dunkeln wird mir wohler sein.
In the darkness I will fare better.

Hi, Bels

I've been off the internet for almost a week. I just got back on a couple of hours ago. I came back to find about two dozen more posts to my 'Multiple Footnote' thread, and your 'German Sundogs' poem. Very nice! I want to thank you for that, and the input to the footnote problem. I'll eventually get around to hooking that poem to my 'Sundogs' article. Thanks again!

RtC

My pleasure .

In a couple of days I'm going off for a few weeks too.