QUOTE : O little sliver of moon waning<br />that shines on waves desolately reigning,<br />O little sliver of silver, what mass of dreams<br />swells here towards your gentle glow!<br /><br />Fleeting breaths of foliage,<br />sighs of flowers from the woods<br />exhale to the sea: no song, no cry,<br />no sound pierces the vast silence.<br /><br />Oppressed by love, by pleasure,<br />the world of the living falls asleep…<br />O little sliver waning, what mass of dreams<br />swells here towards your gentle glow!<br /><br />(Trans. Michael Shindler)