Love
New Spring, 2
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1908) · From New Spring
Love
In the wood, the verdure’s shooting,
Joy-oppress’d, like some fair maiden;
Yet the sun laughs sweetly downward:
“Welcome, young spring, rapture-laden!”
Nightingale! I hear thee also,
Piping, blissful-sad and lonely,
Sobbing tones and long-protracted,
And thy song of love is only!
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Heine, Heinrich. “New Spring, 2.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/312/.
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Heine, Heinrich. “New Spring, 2.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/312/.
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