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Gewitterregen
German source: Peter Altenberg

Sahst du nach dem Gewitterregen den Wald?!?!
Alles rastet, blinkt und ist schöner als zuvor.
Siehe, Fraue, auch du brauchst Gewitterregen! –

Rainstorm
English translation © Richard Stokes

Did you see the forest after the rain-storm?!?!
All is at rest, shining, and lovelier than before.
Woman, you too need such storms! –

Gewitterregen
German source: Peter Altenberg

Rainstorm
English source: Richard Stokes

Sahst du nach dem Gewitterregen den Wald?!?!
Did you see the forest after the rain-storm?!?!
Alles rastet, blinkt und ist schöner als zuvor.
All is at rest, shining, and lovelier than before.
Siehe, Fraue, auch du brauchst Gewitterregen! –
Woman, you too need such storms! –

Composer

Alban Berg

Alban Maria Johannes Berg was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School. His circle included the musicians Alexander von Zemlinsky and Franz Schreker, the painter Gustav Klimt, the writer and satirist Karl Kraus, the architect Adolf Loos,…

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