Love
In the arms of the lovely maiden
Translated by James Thomson (B.V.) (1880) · From Attempts at Translation from Heine (1880)
Love
In the arms of the lovely maiden
I lie alone on the strand :
" What sounds in the breeze's sighing ?
Why trembles your white hand ? "
" That is no breeze's sighing,
That is the mermaidens' song,
The singing of my sisters
Whom the sea hath drowned so long."
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Codex Note
Untitled in the volume; the first line is used as the title.
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Heine, Heinrich. “In the arms of the lovely maiden.” Translated by James Thomson (B.V.). Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/603/.
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Heine, Heinrich. “In the arms of the lovely maiden.” Translated by James Thomson (B.V.). Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/603/.
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