Nature
Happy Night
Translated by William N. Loew (1912) · From Selected Lyrics
Nature
Happy 'night-time, I am with my darling rose
In the garden to each other nestle close;
Quiet's all; the dogs but bark somewhere, afar.
Within the sky
Like fairies hie,
Bright moon and star.
I would not a good star have become, I know,
I'd be not content within the sky to glow.
All the beauteous heaven is but naught for me.
And from the height
I'd come each night,
Dear rose, to thee!
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Petőfi, Sándor. “Happy Night.” Translated by William N. Loew. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/petofi/63/.
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Petőfi, Sándor. “Happy Night.” Translated by William N. Loew. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/petofi/63/.
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