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The Thousandth Regiment - 37. "The wheels turn, the factory's iron-echo"
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36. Der Räder Schwung, der Eisenhall der Werke,
Der Straßen helle, klirrende Musik,
Die Stadt war wie ein Psalm von Trotz und Stärke,
Der brausend in den Lerchenhimmel stieg.
Und Fahnen drängten glühend sich ins Licht
Und strahlten um die grauen Häuserreihen,
Als wollten sie die ernste Stunde weihen
In Schönheit, Stolz und froher Zuversicht.
Noch ging ich still, im Urgefühl der Fernen,
Von meiner Toten Opfer tief bewegt
Durch all das Treiben wie durch fremdes Land.
Da ward ich plötzlich stürmisch übermannt
Von Heimat, Abendglocken, Glück Sternen
Und heiß dem neuen Sein ans Herz gelegt.
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36. The wheels turn, the factory's iron-echo;
The streets are bright, clattering with music;
The city's a psalm of resilience and force,
Which bursts soaring into the skylarks' heaven.
How flags fiercely crowd this light all glowing,
To beam around the mundane row of houses,
As if devoting an hour earnest and grave
To beauty, pride and joy-filled confidence.
And yet I walk on, feeling base and aloof,
Deeply shadowed by haunted victim-thoughts
Through this bustle as if a foreign land.
And then I am suddenly overwhelmed
By home, chiming evening bells, wishing stars
And alive to the new sense they bring my heart.
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