I LOVE THIS WHITE AND SLENDER BODY

by: Heinrich Heine (1799-1856)

LOVE this white and slender body,

These limbs that answer Love's caresses,

Passionate eyes, and forehead covered

With heavy waves of thick, black tresses.

 

You are the very one I've searched for

In many lands, in every weather.

You are my sort; you understand me;

As equals we can talk together.

 

In me you've found the man you care for.

And, for a while, you'll richly pay me

With kindness, kisses and endearments--

And then, as usual, you'll betray me.

TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY: LOUIS UNTERMEYER

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