Translation:The Young Man's Love/XVI

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Translation:The Young Man's Love
by Ludwig Tieck, translated from German by Wikisource
Fidelity
1149554Translation:The Young Man's LoveFidelityLudwig Tieck

16: Fidelity

 
True love endures;
It outlives many an hour.
No doubts frighten it;
Ever unbowed is its courage.

Tempest and death menace it
In dense hordes, inviting
Inconstancy. But loyal blood
Sets love against these dangers.

And, like a mist, is dissolved
That which imprisons the senses,
And to the serene gaze of spring
The wide world is revealed.
          Achieved
          Mastered
By love is happiness.
          Vanished
          Are the hours:
But they fly back.
And blessed joy
          Stills
          Fulfils
The drunken delight-throbbing breast.
          May it be set apart
          From sorrow
          Forever.
          And never
Vanish this sweet, blessed, heavenly bliss!


The End