Love
Lyrical Intermezzo, 16
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1908) · From Book of Songs: Lyrical Intermezzo
Love
The world’s an ass, the world can’t see,
And grows more stupid daily:
It says, my darling child, of thee,--
Thou livest far too gaily.
The world’s an ass, the world can’t see,
Thy character not knowing;
It knows not how sweet thy kisses be,
How rapturously glowing.
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Heine, Heinrich. “Lyrical Intermezzo, 16.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/107/.
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Heine, Heinrich. “Lyrical Intermezzo, 16.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/107/.
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