Look up and feel the frosty wind
Twisting and bending the treetops
That are forced to endure its sound...
Who sees their rageful teardrops?
Yesterday the vibrant leaves were emerald,
What a joy to watch them with a brow that didn't stirn...
When the September breeze was gentle, not a bit wild;
See them now: they have turned so auburn!
Still the apple pickers load their straw baskets
With green and red apples not bitten by squarrrels;
They wear wide brim hats while cheerful Mary sings...
Letting her smooth face glow in the cold sun rays!
Look up and feel the frosty wind,
Will it anticipate the arrival of snow?
And waking up in early November one can find
Silence and snow, not hearing the ravens crow!
Lotte Lehmann (Sentanka)
Charlotte Lehmann
Die große Opernsängerin
Sie schrieb und filmte
Ihr Ruhm bleibt unvergessen
Und bot den Nazis die Stirn
Charlotte Lehmann
The great opera singer
She wrote and filmed
Her fame will always be remembered
And she defied the Nazis
Charlotte Lehmann
La gran vocalista de ópera
Ella escribió y filmó
Su fama siempre será recordado
Y desafió a los nazis
Note: Charlotte Lehman, known as Lotte Lehman, born in 1888 in Perleburg, Germany, and one of my relatives, was a famous opera singer in Europe and the USA. She emigrated from Vienna to the USA in 1937. She sang at the Metropolitan Opera in New York from 1934 to 1945. In 1951 she retired from public live and gave singing
instructions. One of her scholars was the well-known opera singer Grace Bumbry. Lotte Lehmann was also a writer and poetess and a filmmaker. She died in 1976 in Santa Barbara, California and was buried at the famous Vienna Central Cemetary in 1977.