MY DARLING, WE SAT TOGETHER

by: Heinrich Heine (1799-1856)

Y darling, we sat together,

We two, in our frail boat;

The night was calm o'er the wide sea

Whereon we were afloat.

 

The Specter-Island, the lovely,

Lay dim in the moon's mild glance;

There sounded sweetest music,

There waved the shadowy dance.

 

It sounded sweeter and sweeter,

It waved there to and fro;

But we slid past forlornly

Upon the great sea-flow.

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