Lonely Grave in the Sierra:
Epitaph

 


Through trial and joy we have
walked hand in hand,
we both rest from our wanderings
now above tranquil countryside.

Ah, vast, silent peace!
So profound in sunset glow.
How tired are we of traveling—
could this then be Death?

(from  Im Abendrot, by Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff)
German original