Love
Songs of Love, 13
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1908) · From Early Poems: Songs of Love
Love
Ask not what I have, my loved one,--
Ask me rather what I am;
For but little wealth I boast of,
But I’m gentle as a lamb.
Do not ask me how I’m living,
But for what, that ask of me;
For I live in want, and lonely,
Yet I live alone for thee.
Do not ask me of my pleasures,
Ask not of my bitter smart;
Pleasure ever flies his presence
Who doth own a broken heart.
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Heine, Heinrich. “Songs of Love, 13.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/12/.
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Heine, Heinrich. “Songs of Love, 13.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/12/.
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