Planet Literature

Poem from the cycle „October in the Mountains“, with musical setting.

What is happiness? In her 17 „Meditations on Happiness“, Ilona Lay offers answers to this question that are inspired by an autumnal stay in the mountains. One example of this is the poem …, which is presented here together with a musical setting.

Happiness is 
this silky tapestry 
which weightlessly rises 
out of the murmuring rain 

this cocoon of pearls 
that healingly lies down 
on the scars of the rock cheeks 

this levitating nymph breath 
fragrant of sage and dost 
that penetrates your pores 

this homesickness of the clouds 
and their dancing tears 
on their whirring way home

 Das Heimweh der Wolken 

Das Glück ist dieses Gazetuch, 
das sich schwerelos erhebt 
aus dem raunenden Regen. 

Dieses tropfenbetupfte Gespinst, 
das heilend sich legt 
auf die Narben der Felsenwangen. 

Dieser nymphennasse Atem, 
duftend nach Salbei und Dost, 
der deine Poren durchdringt. 

Dieses Heimweh der Wolken 
und ihre tanzenden Tränen, 
die singend sich nach Hause weinen. 

Images: DarkMoonArt: Clouds (Pixabay;2. Unknown: Rain (Pixabay);3. I. Hoffmann: Tree (AI);4. Pexels: Moutain Stream (Pixabay);5.-8: I. Hoffmann;9. Danny Chen: Mountains (Pixabay;10. Shirin Amin: Mountains and Clouds (Pixabay); 11. AI