Love
My darling, we sat together
Translated by James Thomson (B.V.) (1880) · From Attempts at Translation from Heine (1880)
My darling, we sat together,
We two in our frail boat ;
The night was calm o'er the wide sea
Whereon we were afloat.
The Spectre-Island, the lovely,
Lay dim in the moon's mild glance ;
There sounded sweetest music.
There waved the shadowy dance.
It sounded sweet and sweeter,
It waved there to and fro ;
But we slid past forlornly
Upon the great sea- flow.
Codex Note
Untitled in the volume; the first line is used as the title.
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Heine, Heinrich. “My darling, we sat together.” Translated by James Thomson (B.V.). Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/598/.
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Heine, Heinrich. “My darling, we sat together.” Translated by James Thomson (B.V.). Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/598/.
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