March
March - meaning Summary
Hope Delayed, Love Awaited
Goethe’s short lyric observes a March caught between winter and spring. The landscape and the swallow offer signs of change, but weather and small deceptions keep actual warmth at bay. The speaker shifts to a personal wish: nature’s transformation feels incomplete without a companion. The beloved’s presence is imagined as the instant that converts near-spring into full summer, tying seasonal change to emotional fulfillment.
Read Complete AnalysesLook, it’s snowed for hours, The time is not yet right, For all the little flowers, For all the little flowers, To fill our hearts with light. The sunlight is deceiving, Mild but false it shone, Even the swallow’s cheating, Even the swallow’s cheating, Why? He comes alone! Alone, could I be happy Even though spring is near? But if you were with me, But if you were with me, Suddenly summer’s there.
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