Love
Hatem: O, say, 'neath what celestial sign
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From West-Eastern Divan
Love
O, SAY, 'neath what celestial sign
The day doth lie,
When ne'er again this heart of mine
Away will fly?
And e'en though fled (what thought divine!)
Would near me lie?--
On the soft couch, on whose sweet shrine
My heart near hers will lie!
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Hatem: O, say, 'neath what celestial sign.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/363/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Hatem: O, say, 'neath what celestial sign.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/363/.
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