Love
Love Song IV
Translated by George A. Barton, from the German of W. Max Müller · From Archaeology and the Bible (1916)
The voice of the wild goose cries,
Where she has seized their bait,
But your love holds me back,
I am unable to liberate her.
I must, then, take home my net!
What shall I say to my mother,
To whom formerly I came each day
Loaded down with fowls?
I shall not set the snares today
For your love has caught me.
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Anonymous Egyptian Poets. “Love Song IV.” Translated by George A. Barton, from the German of W. Max Müller. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-egyptian/24/.
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Anonymous Egyptian Poets. “Love Song IV.” Translated by George A. Barton, from the German of W. Max Müller. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-egyptian/24/.
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