Early Bird - Lahn River at dawn

"Frühmorgens in Cannery Row -
das ist die Stunde ihrer Verzauberung.
Die Straße schwebt zeitlos in silbrigem Licht.
Keine Finsternis,
keine Nacht,
keine Sonne,
kein Tag,
keine Autos,
kein Fortschritt,
kein Rückschritt,
keine Straßenbeleuchtung,
kein Business.
(...)
Es ist die Stunde des Friedens.
Rings ruht alles, was ist.
(...)
Perlenstunde.
Schwebendes Zwischenspiel
zwischen Nacht und Tag.
Die Zeit hält inne und
prüft sich selbst."

aus "Die Straße der Ölsardinen / Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

"Early morning
is a time of magic
in Cannery Row.
In the gray time
after the light has come
and before the sun has risen,
the Row seems to hang suspended
out of time in a silvery light.
The street lights go out,
and the weeds are a brilliant green.
The corrugated iron of the canneries glows
with the pearly lucence of platinum or old pewter.
No automobiles are running then.
The street is silent of progress and business
(...)
It is the hour of the pearl--
the interval between day and night
when time stops and examines itself."



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