Kennst du das Land
Do you know the Country?
Lieder der Mignon Songs for Mignon
Goethe
Do you know the country where lemons grow?
Where through dark-green leaves golden oranges glow?
Where gentle breezes come from a clear sky
And the myrtle is still and the laurel grows high?
Do you know it, then? It is there, there
I would go, my beloved, with you.
Do you know the house, Its roof rests on colonnades?
Its great hall is agleam, It has balconnades
And marble figures lean down and say:
‘Poor child, what have they done to you, pray?’
Do you know it, then? It is there, there
I would go, my protector, with you.
Do you know the mountain, its path in the cloud?
The mule picks his way through the mist, its head bowed.
In caves there you’ll find antique dragons’ kin,
The sheer rock face, the great water-fall’s din.
Do you know it then? It is there, there
We must go, Father – O let us go now!
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