Love

Himfy's Loves, II. Song 75

by Sándor Kisfaludy 1772–1844

Translated by John Bowring (1830) · From Poetry of the Magyars (1830)

Love

Not the songs to Pindus brought,
By the unholy thirst for glory;
Not the songs by riches bought—
The perfidiousness of story:
No! but that life-sparkling fountain,
Springing forth from transport's soul,
Up to joy's delirium mounting,
Gladdening nature's glowing whole,
Winging love's cloud-piercing arrow
Thro' time's boundaries, dark and narrow,
Wending tow'rds the heavens along,
This—this only be my song.

MLA

Kisfaludy, Sándor. “Himfy's Loves, II. Song 75.” Translated by John Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/kisfaludy_s/11/.

Chicago

Kisfaludy, Sándor. “Himfy's Loves, II. Song 75.” Translated by John Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/kisfaludy_s/11/.

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