Love
Wishes
Translated by Frank C. Nicholson (1907) · From Old German Love Songs (1907)
Where did ever mortal eye
See two lovelier cheeks displayed?
Lily-white, without a lie,
Sweetly, featly are they made.
Long and pale and gold's her hair.
If hers and mine the whole realm were,—
I would give no one else a share!
From my lady's lips a kiss
Softer burns than any blaze.
Should she grant a mortal this,
He'd be happy all his days.
Help me wish now, all of you,
That I get a kiss from her!
Then—something else I'll wish thereto!
Cite this poem
MLA
Mühlhausen, Wachsmut von. “Wishes.” Translated by Frank C. Nicholson. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wachsmut-von-muhlhausen/0/.
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Mühlhausen, Wachsmut von. “Wishes.” Translated by Frank C. Nicholson. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wachsmut-von-muhlhausen/0/.