Was wondering what you translate this piece of poetry.
When music sounds, gone is the earth I know,
And all her lovely things even lovelier grow;
Her flowers in vision flame, her forest trees
Lift burdened branches, stilled with ecstasies.
When music sounds, out of the water rise
Naiads whose beauty dims my waking eyes,
Rapt in strange dreams burns each enchanted face,
With solemn echoing stirs their dwelling-place.
When music sounds, all that I was I am
Ere to this haunt of brooding dust I came;
And from Time's woods break into distant song
The swift-winged hours, as I hasten along.
I think that the message is music can give both the good and bad emotions. For example, the first and second paragraphs first 2 lines bring pictures of happiness and joy, while the last two are images of the darker side of it. The last paragraph I translated it as him in a way dying while the song is being distant from him, just a rough translation. I feel uncomfortable with what I interurpted as the last paragraph, so my question is:
What do you think this poem about, and what happens in the end.Thank you for any future opinions and help
