Death & Dying
The Dying One
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1908) · From Romancero: Book II. Lamentations: Lazarus
Flying after bliss and light,
Thou return’st in piteous plight;
German truth and German shirt
Strangers draggle through the dirt.
Pale as death hast thou become,
But take comfort, thou’rt at home;
Warm as by the household hearth
Lie we under German earth.
Many others, who fell lame,
Home again, alas! ne’er came,
Though they yearningly implored,--
O have pity, gracious Lord!
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Heine, Heinrich. “The Dying One.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/520/.
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Heine, Heinrich. “The Dying One.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/520/.
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