Translation:The Joys

Fluttering to the spring The changing dragonfly Pleased me long ago; Soon dark and soon bright, Like the chameleon, Soon red, soon blue, soon blue, soon green; O that I could be near to really see its colors! It buzzes and hovers, resting never! But hush, it sits in the meadows. There I have it! There I have it! And now I look at it closely And see a sad dark blue - So goes it you, dissectors of your joys!

Die Freuden