Love
They have company this evening
Translated by George MacDonald (Rampolli, 1897) · From Rampolli (1897)
They have company this evening,
And the house is full of light;
Up there at the shining window
Moves a shadowy form in white.
Thou seest me not--in the darkness
I stand here below, apart;
Yet less, ah less thou seest
Into my gloomy heart!
My gloomy heart it loves thee,
Loves thee in every spot:
It breaks, it bleeds, it shudders--But
into it thou seest not!
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MLA
Heine, Heinrich. “They have company this evening.” Translated by George MacDonald. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/611/.
Chicago
Heine, Heinrich. “They have company this evening.” Translated by George MacDonald. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/611/.
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