Love
Lyrical Intermezzo, 7
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1908) · From Book of Songs: Lyrical Intermezzo
Love
I’ll dip my spirit discreetly
In the cup of the lily down here;
The lily shall sing to me sweetly
A song of my mistress dear.
The song shall tremble and quiver,
Like that delicious kiss,
Of which her mouth was the giver
In a wondrous moment of bliss.
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Heine, Heinrich. “Lyrical Intermezzo, 7.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/98/.
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Heine, Heinrich. “Lyrical Intermezzo, 7.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heine/98/.
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