Love
The old dream comes again to me
Translated by James Thomson (B.V.) (1880) · From Attempts at Translation from Heine (1880)
The old dream comes again to me :
With May-night stars above,
We two sat under the linden-tree
And swore eternal love.
Again and again we plighted troth,
We chattered, and laughed, and kissed ;
To make me well remember my oath
You gave me a bite in the wrist.
O darling with the eyes serene,
And with the teeth so white !
The vows were proper to the scene,
Superfluous was the bite.
Codex Note
Untitled in the volume; the first line is used as the title.
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Heine, Heinrich. “The old dream comes again to me.” Translated by James Thomson (B.V.). Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/597/.
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Heine, Heinrich. “The old dream comes again to me.” Translated by James Thomson (B.V.). Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/597/.
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