Der Stein weit im Korn

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Dies Natalis - The stone out in the grainfields[1] Out in the grainfields blooms a meadow[2] red and sweet of roses in its middle rests a stone in a dream of roses so sweet and on the stone an oath is written so hot that stars may burn up the winter abruptly found its end where only ice roses bloom Refrain: Want to hold you forever, while my blood still flows while the sun still covers the earth in its tears want to hold you while I can keep my spirit[3][4] only then my love begins anew On one summer morning he had to leave for a faraway land She stood alone on a meadow Held a stone in her hand and forever it shall call for him the stone, the stone shall repeat the oath as long as he was marching to finally return to her [Refrain] A cold winter came and ice covered him when the sun found him the next morning his spirit already flew back to her look at the stone lying in the meadow which has known my oath for so long [Refrain] Early in the morning she went into the meadow rests her head on the stone waited for you so long to no avail want to be with you at last And over night the oath came true again out in the meadow [Refrain] Want to hold you forever, my blood long ceased flowing want to hold you forever, I loved you so much want to hold you, saw the new sunrise with you keep you in my heart until we meet again

Dies Natalis - Der Stein weit im Korn Weit im Korn da blüht ein Feld von Rosen rot und süß in seiner Mitte ruht ein Stein im Rosentraum so süß und auf dem Stein steht ein Schwur so heiß das Sterne wohl verglühn der Winter jäh sein Ende fand wo nur Eisrosen blühn Refrain: Will dich ewig halten solang mein Blut noch fließt solang die Sonn' die Erde mit Tränen noch begießt will dich halten solang mein Geist (d)ich[4] halten kann erst dann fängt meine Liebe von vorne an An einem Sommermorgen musst' Er ziehn weit in fernes Land Sie stand allein in einem Feld hielt einen Stein in der Hand und ewig sollt' der rufen ihn der Stein, der Stein soll rufen den Schwur solang Er marschiert um endlich bei Ihr zu sein [Refrain] Ein kalter Winter zog ins Land und Eis bedeckte Ihn als die Sonne ihn am nächsten Morgen fand flog sein Geist schon zu ihr schau auf den Stein der da liegt im Feld und meinen Schwur so lang schon kennt [Refrain] Am nächsten Morgen ging Sie früh ins Feld bettet ihren Kopf auf einen Stein hab so lang umsonst gewartet hier im Feld will nun endlich bei dir sein und über die Nacht erfüllt der Schwur sich neu draussen im Feld [Refrain] Will dich ewig halten mein Blut fließt lang nichtmehr will dich ewig halten ich lieb dich so sehr will dich halten sah mit dir die Sonne neu aufgehn im Herzen dich behalten bis wir uns wiederseh'n

[1]: The word "Korn" directly translates to "grain", but here it's used to generally describe an area with many grainfields. See [2].
[2]: I decided to translate "Feld" to "meadow" because it seems to me like it's an area amids grainfields where roses bloom - so more of a meadow. Maybe field would be a translation closer to the original, though.
[3]: I translated "Geist" to "spirit" but it could (especially looking at the last occurence) also translate to "ghost", I'm not sure.
[4]: I'm not sure whether it's "mein Geist ich halten kann" or "mein Geist dich halten kann", so the translation could be "while I can keep my spirit" or "while my spirit can hold you" (I don't understand the meaning of either, so maybe someone can help me out there).