Shadow kisses, shadow love,
shadow life, how cool!
Do you imagine they will be
unchanged forever, fool?
Our every fond obsession,
like dream, will discompose,
and soon the heart and mind forget,
and soon the eyelids close.
— Translated from the German of Heinrich Heine
by Terese Coe [1]
Links:
[1] https://www.ablemuse.com/v21/bio/terese-coe
[2] https://www.ablemuse.com/digital-books-21/v21/digital edition/Complete Digital Version of -/Able Muse, Print Edition (Number 21), Summer 2016