Able Muse - heinrich heine https://www.ablemuse.com/taxonomy/term/1450/1450? en New Spring https://www.ablemuse.com/v26/poetry-translation/heinrich-heine/new-spring? <p>Our deep desires awaken<br /> and wither to a crust<br /> and bloom and wither once again&mdash;<br /> so it goes, till we are dust.</p> <p>I know this, and it troubles<br /> my every loving breath,<br /> my heart so bright and clever,<br /> it bleeds me half to death.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&mdash; Translated from the German of Heinrich Heine<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;by <a style="text-decoration:none" href="/v26/bio/terese-coe">Terese Coe</a></em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v26/poetry-translation/heinrich-heine/new-spring?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v26/poetry-translation/heinrich-heine/new-spring?#comments Poetry Translation able muse author german heinrich heine neuer frühling new spring poem poems poetry poetry translation terese coe translation v26 winter 2018 Thu, 07 Feb 2019 21:51:41 +0000 Alex Pepple 1723 at https://www.ablemuse.com In the Dream https://www.ablemuse.com/v26/poetry-translation/heinrich-heine/in-the-dream? <p>In the dream I saw a little man, peculiar,<br> &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; who walked on stilts and was clearly stepping out<br> &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; in a clean white linen shirt and woolen coat,<br> &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; but on the inside, he was dripping with mire.</p> <p>Inside he was wretched, useless, lazy,<br> &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; but his outer self could have been worthy and strong;<br> &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; he talked about courage and carried on so long<br> &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; I began to see he was obstinate—even crazy.</p><p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v26/poetry-translation/heinrich-heine/in-the-dream?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v26/poetry-translation/heinrich-heine/in-the-dream?#comments Poetry Translation able muse author german heinrich heine im traum sah ich ein männchen klein und putzig in the dream poem poems poetry poetry translation terese coe translation v26 winter 2018 Thu, 07 Feb 2019 21:13:07 +0000 Alex Pepple 1722 at https://www.ablemuse.com Terese Coe https://www.ablemuse.com/v26/bio/terese-coe? <p align="justify">Terese Coe&rsquo;s poems and translations have appeared in <em>Able Muse, Agenda, Alaska Quarterly Review, Cincinnati Review</em>, the <em>Moth, New American Writing, New Writing Scotland, Ploughshares, Poetry, Poetry Review, Stinging Fly, Threepenny Review</em>, and the <em>TLS</em>, among many other journals. Her collection <em>Shot Silk</em> was listed for the 2017 Poets Prize, and she has received grants from Giorno Poetry Systems and Vermont Studio Center. Copies of her poem &ldquo;More&rdquo; were heli-dropped across London as part of the 2012 Olympics Rain of Poems.<p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v26/bio/terese-coe?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v26/bio/terese-coe?#comments Bios ablemuse author bio german heinrich heine im traum sah ich ein männchen klein und putzig in the dream neuer frühling new spring poem poetry poetry translation terese coe translation v26 winter 2018 Thu, 07 Feb 2019 20:22:06 +0000 Alex Pepple 1721 at https://www.ablemuse.com Heinrich Heine https://www.ablemuse.com/v26/bio/heinrich-heine? <p align="justify">Heinrich Heine was born in Düsseldorf, Germany in either 1797 or 1799. In 1831 he took exile in France, where he often struggled financially despite irregular patronage from a millionaire uncle. With freedom of speech, he developed an international reputation for the lyricism, wordplay, irony, and excoriating satire of his poems, and was called the last of the Romantics. In 1841 he married Crescence Eugénie Mirat (&ldquo;Mathilde&rdquo;), who cared for him during eight years of paralysis; he wrote from bed until his death in 1856.<p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v26/bio/heinrich-heine?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v26/bio/heinrich-heine?#comments Bios able muse author bio german heinrich heine im traum sah ich ein männchen klein und putzig in the dream neuer frühling new spring poem poems poetry poetry translation terese coe translation v26 winter 2018 Thu, 07 Feb 2019 20:15:20 +0000 Alex Pepple 1720 at https://www.ablemuse.com Able Muse, Poetry, Prose & Art - Print Edition - Winter 2018 https://www.ablemuse.com/v26/index.html? <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/ggl-analytics-am.js"></script> <p> <link type="text/css" href="/sites/all/themes/zen/zenzine/front-page-rev.css" rel="stylesheet" /></p><p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v26/index.html?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v26/index.html?#comments Issue amit majmudar art book reviews couples artwork essays fiction heinrich heine interviews joanna pearson lynn marie houston maryann corbett matthew buckley smith nonfiction number 26 photography poetry print edition terese coe Tue, 05 Feb 2019 04:13:43 +0000 Alex Pepple 1692 at https://www.ablemuse.com Heinrich Heine https://www.ablemuse.com/v24/bio/heinrich-heine? <p>Heinrich Heine was born in Düsseldorf, Germany in either 1797 or 1799. In 1831 he took exile in France, where he often struggled financially despite irregular patronage from a millionaire uncle. With freedom of speech he developed an international reputation for the lyricism, wordplay, irony, and excoriating satire of his poems, and was called the last of the Romantics. In 1841 he married Crescence Eugénie Mirat (&ldquo;Mathilde&rdquo;), who cared for him during eight years of paralysis; he wrote from bed until his death in 1856.<p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v24/bio/heinrich-heine?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v24/bio/heinrich-heine?#comments Bios author bio german heinrich heine poem poems poetry poetry translation Sie saßen und tranken am Teetisch terese coe the tea translation v24 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 06:57:06 +0000 Alex Pepple 1560 at https://www.ablemuse.com The Tea https://www.ablemuse.com/v24/poetry-translation/heinrich-heine/the-tea? <p>They sat and drank at tea <br> and spoke of love, intense. <br> The men who were esthetic <br> and the ladies with delicate senses. </p> <p>The withered counselor speaks: <br> True love must be platonic. <br> The woman mentor sighs and smiles. <br> This strikes her as ironic. </p> <p>The Canon stretches out his mouth <br> with Love must not be de trop <br> or else one&rsquo;s health will suffer. <br> The fraulein lisps, How so? </p><p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v24/poetry-translation/heinrich-heine/the-tea?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v24/poetry-translation/heinrich-heine/the-tea?#comments Poetry Translation able muse heinrich heine poem poetry translation Sie saßen und tranken am Teetisch terese coe the tea v24 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 03:26:28 +0000 Alex Pepple 1558 at https://www.ablemuse.com Able Muse, Poetry, Prose & Art - Print Edition - Winter 2017 https://www.ablemuse.com/v24/index.html? <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/ggl-analytics-am.js"></script> <p> <link type="text/css" href="/sites/all/themes/zen/zenzine/front-page-rev.css" rel="stylesheet" /></p><p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v24/index.html?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v24/index.html?#comments Issue alexander sergeyevich pushkin art book reviews eat artwork essays fiction hailey leithauser heinrich heine interviews jacqueline osherow malachi black nonfiction number 24 photography poetry print edition rachel hadas terese coe Tue, 02 Jan 2018 02:35:43 +0000 Alex Pepple 1555 at https://www.ablemuse.com Shadow Kisses https://www.ablemuse.com/v21/poetry-translation/heinrich-heine/heine-shadow-kisses? <p>Shadow kisses, shadow love,<br> shadow life, how cool!<br> Do you imagine they will be<br> unchanged forever, fool?</p> <p>Our every fond obsession,<br> like dream, will discompose,<br> and soon the heart and mind forget,<br> and soon the eyelids close.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&mdash; Translated from the German of Heinrich Heine<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;by <a style="text-decoration:none" href="/v21/bio/terese-coe">Terese Coe</a></em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v21/poetry-translation/heinrich-heine/heine-shadow-kisses?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v21/poetry-translation/heinrich-heine/heine-shadow-kisses?#comments Poetry Translation able muse heinrich heine poem poetry translation schattenküsse schattenliebe shadow kisses terese coe v21 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 02:16:18 +0000 Alex Pepple 1424 at https://www.ablemuse.com Heinrich Heine https://www.ablemuse.com/v21/bio/heinrich-heine? <p>Heinrich was born in D&uuml;sseldorf, Germany in either 1797 or 1799. In 1831 he took exile in France, where he often struggled financially despite irregular patronage from a millionaire uncle. With freedom of speech he developed an international reputation for the lyricism, wordplay, irony, and excoriating satire of his poems, and was called the last of the Romantics. In 1841 he married Crescence Eug&eacute;nie Mirat (&ldquo;Mathilde&rdquo;), who cared for him during eight years of paralysis; he wrote from bed until his death in 1856.<p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v21/bio/heinrich-heine?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v21/bio/heinrich-heine?#comments Bios author bio german heinrich heine poem poems poetry poetry translation schattenküsse schattenliebe shadow kisses terese coe translation tu te moques v21 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 23:42:37 +0000 Alex Pepple 1401 at https://www.ablemuse.com