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Heine, Heinrich - The evening shadows fell soft and slow
Identifier
004578
Type of Spiritual Experience
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A description of the experience
Adapted from a poem by Heinrich Heine
The evening shadows fell soft and slow.
Roughly the tide tumbled in
And I sat on the beach and gazed
On the white dancing of the waters
And felt a deep wistful longing for you
For you, my dear sweetheart
The lover who follows me ever
And calls me ever
Always and ever
In the blast of the wind, in the roar of the sea
In the sighing of my own heart
With a small stick I wrote in the sand
DARLING I LOVE YOU
But unkind waves crept up and washed over
The sweet confession
And washed it away.
Oh brittle stick, wild whirling waves
Dissolving waves, I trust you no longer!
The sky grows darker, my heart throbs wilder
And with strong hand
From the forests of Norway
I tear out the loftiest pine
And I dip it into
The red hot glowing crater of Etna
And with this fiery pen
I write on the dark vault of heaven
DARLING I LOVE YOU
Thus every night,
Blazing, shall flare on high
My eternal letters of flame
And all generations to come hereafter
Shall read, rejoicing, the rapturous words
DARLING I LOVE YOU