Silent Hour

AUTUMN The leaves fall, fall as from far, Like distant gardens withered in the heavens; They fall with slow and lingering descent. And in the nights the heavy Earth, too, falls From o t the stars into the !olit de. Th s all doth fall. This hand of mine m st fall And lo" the other one#$$it is the law. % t there is &ne who holds this falling 'nfinitely softly in (is hands.

!'LENT (&U) *hoever wee+s somewhere o t in the world *ee+s witho t ca se in the world *ee+s over me. *hoever la ghs somewhere o t in the night La ghs witho t ca se in the night La ghs at me. *hoever wanders somewhere in the world *anders in vain in the world *anders to me. *hoever dies somewhere in the world ,ies witho t ca se in the world Looks at me.

T(E AN-EL! They all have tired mo ths And l mino s, illimita.le so ls; And a longing /as if for sin0 Trem.les at times thro gh their dreams. They all resem.le one another, 'n -od1s garden they are silent Like many, many intervals 'n (is mighty melody. % t when they s+read their wings They awaken the winds That stir as tho gh -od *ith (is far$reaching master hands T rned the +ages of the dark .ook of %eginning.