Venice masks

Thursday 8 May 2014

The Harper - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Ah, he who seeketh solitude
Is all too soon alone;
Men live and love, but he must brood
Upon his pain and moan.
Leave agony with me!
When I at last shall be
Quite lonely grown—
I shall not be alone.

A lover steals upon his way
To hark if his love be alone.
Thus pain steals o’er me night and day
When I am lonely grown;
And thus creeps agony.
When I at last shall be
Within my grave unknown:
Then I’ll be left alone!

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832)
Translated by Margarete Münsterberg

No comments:

Post a Comment

Please keep your comments relevant and free from abusive language. Thank you. Note that comments are moderated so it may be a day or two before your comment is posted - irrelevant or abusive comments will not be published.