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When going to sleep / Going to bed
Now the day has made me tired, / Now this day has fatigued me
shall my ardent desire / and my most arduous desire shall
kindly the starry night / receive kindly the starry night
welcomed like a tired child. / like a tired child
Hands, stop doing everything, / Hands, rest after so much action
Forehead, forget all thinking, / Forehead, cease all thinking
All my senses now / Now all my senses
want to fall into slumber. / wish to sink into this light slumber
And the soul unguarded / And unattendedly the soul
will float in free flights, / wants to take wings
to live in the magic circle of the night / to live on deep down and a thousandfold
to live deep and a thousandfold. / in the magic circle of the night
(Hermann Hesse)