The Mind
Suleika (Speaks)
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From West-Eastern Divan
The Mind
SULEIKA (Speaks).
THE mirror tells me, I am fair!
Thou sayest, to grow old my fate will be.
Nought in God's presence changeth e'er,--
Love him, for this one moment, then, in me.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Suleika (Speaks).” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/334/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Suleika (Speaks).” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/334/.
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