From Heine

FROM HEINE
Sie liebten sich beide, doch keiner
Wollt'es dem andern gestehn.
Heine

They loved each other so long and so tender,
With such a deep yearning, with such a delirious, rebellious passion!
But, like enemies, they avoided any declaration, any meeting,
And their laconic words were cold and empty.

They parted in silent and proud pain,
And saw each other's dear visage only in a dream, once in a while.
And death has come: they met in the afterlife...
But in the new world they failed to recognize each other.

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