23. The False Suns

I saw three suns in the sky,
Stared at them hard for a long time;
And they stayed there so stubbornly
That it seemed they didn?t want to leave me.
Ah, you are not my suns!
Go, look into someone else?s face!
Yes, recently I, too, had three
But now the best two have gone down.
If only the third would also set!
I will feel better in the dark.

Winterreise by Wilhelm Muller
music by Franz Schubert Op. 89