Love
Lyrical Intermezzo, 38
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1908) · From Book of Songs: Lyrical Intermezzo
Love
Since my darling one has left me,
Power of laughing is bereft me;
Blockheads fain would raise a joke,
But no laughter can provoke.
Since I’ve lost my darling one,
Power of weeping, too, is gone;
Though my heart with sorrow deep
Wellnigh breaks, I cannot weep.
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Heine, Heinrich. “Lyrical Intermezzo, 38.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/129/.
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Heine, Heinrich. “Lyrical Intermezzo, 38.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/129/.
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