Love

Diana, 1

by Heinrich Heine 1797–1856

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

Love

These fair limbs, of size so massive,
Of colossal womanhood,
Now are, in a yielding mood,
Under my embraces passive.

Had I, with unbridled passion,
Trusting in my strength drawn near,
I had soon had cause for fear!
She had thrashed me in strange fashion.

How her bosom, neck, throat charm me
(Higher I can scarcely see);
Ere alone I’d with her be,
Pray I that she may not harm me.

MLA

Heine, Heinrich. “Diana, 1.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/195/.

Chicago

Heine, Heinrich. “Diana, 1.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/195/.

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