Love
The Return Home, 63
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1908) · From Pictures of Travel: The Return Home (1823-24)
Thou hast pearls, thou hast diamonds also,
Hast all that mortals adore;
Thine eyes are among the fairest,--
My loved one, what wouldst thou have more?
Upon thine eyes so beauteous
I’ve written many a score
Of sweet immortal ballads,--
My loved one, what wouldst thou have more?
And with thine eyes so beauteous
Hast thou tormented me sore,
And brought me to utter perdition,--
My loved one, what wouldst thou have more?
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Heine, Heinrich. “The Return Home, 63.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/417/.
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Heine, Heinrich. “The Return Home, 63.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/417/.
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