Rather, my friend! |
Do you hear the horn
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And the whistle of spring calls?
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The call of the huntsmen - let's go soon
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Between maples and young oaks.
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Hunting in the fields, signal of the king,
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Is your girth reliable?
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Elector's hand, white as snow,
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Compresses the reins elastically.
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Between beeches and lindens faster than fish
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A violent gang sweeps by.
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Hurry up! |
- a call is heard
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Through the windy May expanses.
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The road rings, the blush lays
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The purple blush of the east.
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Elector's hand takes away from the temple
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Delicately untwisted curl.
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And in the depths of the baskets there is an abundance of wine
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And other bliss is hidden.
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Hunting house, warm welcome
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Meets the elector with his retinue.
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Pheasants in wine hiss on the fire,
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Laughing Marie Louise
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The elector nods to the movement
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And the feathers on the Marquis's hat.
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O heap of passions, o treasure of news -
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Politics, wars, treason!
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Elector's hand, putting down the glass,
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Lies on someone's knee.
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Saxon table service, Marquis
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Eyelashes rises timidly,
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The elector's hand is dangerously close
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And will soon reach the limit.
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The fireplace is burning, the jasmine is intoxicating,
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The violin note enchants.
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A syllable rhymes under the fiery grog
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And the hunt is completely forgotten.
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Between the languid candles of the lily of the shoulders,
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Gloves and hat of the marquis,
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Elector's hand, batman's mustache
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And Marie Louise's leg.
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But where is this May? |
Left the edge
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A flock that flew south
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The yard parted, the porcelain broke.
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Oh, where are you, golden time!
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Spring has passed, it's shining from the window
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And the cooked grog gets cold...
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The elector's hand, alas, is far away
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And God knows what he is doing now. |