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So What is Love?

So what is love? If thou wouldst know
The heart alone can tell:
Two minds with but a single thought,
Two hearts that beat as one.

And whence comes Love? Like morning bright
Love comes without thy call.
And how dies Love? A spirit bright,
Love never dies at all.

- Maria Lovell (trans.)

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5 Responses to “So What is Love?”

  1. Sharon Says:
    April 28th, 2008 at 1:59 am

    What a lovely and most beautiful poem. I think the author is Friedrich Halm, if I am not mistaken. Thank-you for posting.

  2. Sharon Says:
    April 28th, 2008 at 2:01 am

    What a lovely and most beautiful poem. I think the author is Friedrich Halm, if I am not mistaken. Thank-you for posting.

  3. Tejvan Pettinger Says:
    April 28th, 2008 at 6:26 am

    Thanks Sharon,

    The book I had only had the translator

  4. MAriya Says:
    April 29th, 2008 at 10:14 pm

    “Love never dies at all”

    Love dies and survives again, but stays its Spirit true,
    if not in me, then it’s in you.

    When I let my love to dye, I am left with a desert inside,
    so quickly I have to water what is left,
    even if it’s nothing,
    it is enough to grow my visionary cactus of love there-
    with pricles of non love and only one bud of love.

    When I let my love to live…
    Oh, let me leave my love inside.

  5. Veronika Says:
    May 5th, 2008 at 10:10 am

    I don’t know English very well, but I understanded this poem (I’m very glad:-) And I liked it very much, it’s very beautiful!

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