Yet, a stirring in me seems like Spring,
mumbles an old man to himself
so mumbles fate as it embraces its own lonesome knees
on a flat stone in a burnt-over field
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'Yet, a Stirring in Me Seems', in Takako Lento's translation, is 'But These Feelings Feel Like Spring' in Jeffrey Angles’ translation