Love

Seraphina, 12

by Heinrich Heine 1797–1856

Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1908) · From New Poems: Seraphina

Love

Though shamefully thou didst entreat me,
To no man would I e’er unfold it,
But travell’d far over the billows,
And unto the fishes I told it.

I’ve left thee thy good reputation
With earth and the beings upon her,
But every depth of the ocean
Knows fully thy tale of dishonour.

MLA

Heine, Heinrich. “Seraphina, 12.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/179/.

Chicago

Heine, Heinrich. “Seraphina, 12.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/179/.

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