from Part II - Der neuen Gedichte anderer Teil / The New Poems: The Other Part
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2016
His slimness held a bow now nearly taut —
a bow no woman could have broken. Now,
sometimes, there crossed his face, a hint — a thought
no longer disinclined to haunt his brow —
of one, say, passing by; or of some other
locked in a portrait that was strange and old.
He smiled. He was no longer just another
weeper in darkness, sobbing unconsoled.
And while a wholly new self-confidence
would sometimes comfort, spoiling as it praised
him, still he gravely bore each woman's glance
that struck and moved him, leaving him amazed.
Don Juans Auswahl
Und der Engel trat ihn an: Bereite
dich mir ganz. Und da ist mein Gebot.
Denn daß einer jene überschreite,
die die Süßesten an ihrer Seite
bitter machen, tut mir not.
Zwar auch du kannst wenig besser lieben,
(unterbrich mich nicht: du irrst),
doch du glühest, und es steht geschrieben,
daß du viele führen wirst
zu der Einsamkeit, die diesen
tiefen Eingang hat. Laß ein
die, die ich dir zugewiesen,
daß sie wachsend Heloisen
überstehn und überschrein.
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