The Blue Flower of Romanticism

Cranesbill - Storchschnabel

with pavement, autumn leaves and a glass of bokeh :-)

 

Photographed with Helios 40-2

a Russian lens ...

 

Die blaue Blume

Ich suche die blaue Blume,

Ich suche und finde sie nie,

Mir träumt, dass in der Blume

Mein gutes Glück mir blüh.

 

Ich wandre mit meiner Harfe

Durch Länder, Städt und Au'n,

Ob nirgends in der Runde

Die blaue Blume zu schaun.

 

Ich wandre schon seit lange,

Hab lang gehofft, vertraut,

Doch ach, noch nirgends hab ich

Die blaue Blum geschaut.

(1818)

 

The Blue Flower

I am looking for the blue flower,

I am searching and never find it,

I have a dream that in this flower

Will flourish my good fortune.

 

I am hiking with my harp

Through countries, cities and flood plains,

But nowhere in the round

The blue flower was found.

 

I am hiking for a long time,

For a long time I hoped, I trusted,

But unfortunately I have not found

The blue flower anywhere.

(1818)

 

Joseph von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

 

A blue flower ( German: Blaue Blume) was a central symbol of inspiration for the Romanticism movement, and remains an enduring motif in Western art today. It stands for desire, love and the metaphysical striving for the infinite and unreachable. It symbolizes hope and the beauty of things.

(Wikipedia)

 

more about the „Blue Flower“

English: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_flower

German: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaue_Blume

 

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