Love
The world is dull, the world is blind
Translated by James Thomson (B.V.) (1880) · From Attempts at Translation from Heine (1880)
The world is dull, the world is blind,
And daily grows more silly !
It says of you, my lovely child.
You are not quite a lily.
The world is dull, the world is blind.
And judges in stupid fashion :
It knows not how sweet your kisses are.
And how they burn with passion.
Codex Note
Untitled in the volume; the first line is used as the title.
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MLA
Heine, Heinrich. “The world is dull, the world is blind.” Translated by James Thomson (B.V.). Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/589/.
Chicago
Heine, Heinrich. “The world is dull, the world is blind.” Translated by James Thomson (B.V.). Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/589/.
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