Zywa Smelling how it was

Dear old apple tree
tender snow-white dream
precious memory

spring is sweet tonight
being brought to me
in the fading light
the world was young

     The earth turns day by day
     life is going fast
     another April, another May

     I walk the ancient track
     and everything comes back
     so it's already over
     and that may set us free

Dear old apple tree
snow-white blossom sea
with the swing that sighs
and the butterflies

lying in the grass
smelling how it was
when the blackbird sang
the world was young


Zywa Ruiken hoe het was

Oude appelboom
tere witte droom
de herinnering

zoete lentenacht
hiernaartoe gebracht
in de schemering
was de wereld jong

     De aarde draait maar door
     het leven gaat zo vlug
     weer april en mei

     ik volg het oude spoor
     en alles komt terug
     het is dus al voorbij
     misschien maakt dat ons vrij

Oude appelboom
witte bloesemdroom
waar de vlinder vliegt
en de schommel wiegt

liggend in het gras
ruiken hoe het was
toen de merel zong
was de wereld jong


Poem 1695
Amsterdam, 2018-02-27
The world was young / The apple tree (Hildegard Knef) - 1964
Song "Die Welt war jung" / "Der Apfelbaum" (1964, Max Colpet), redrafting of "Le chevalier de Paris" (1950, Angèle Marie Thérèse Vannier), sung by Hildegard Knef
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2000-2009 
Keyword: Melancholy (nostalgia) 
Tribute to: Knef, Hildegard 
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