Theres a mirror likeness between the two
Bright, youthfully-shaped figures, though
Ones paler than the other and more austere,
I might even say more perfect, more distinguished,
Than the one whod take me confidingly in his arms
How soft then, loving, his smile, how blessed his glance!
Then it might well have been, that his wreath
Of white poppies touched my forehead, at times,
Drove the pain from my mind with its strange scent.
But all thats transient. I can only, now, be well,
When the other one, so serious and pale,
The older brother, lowers his dark torch.
Sleep is good: and Death is better, yet
Surely never to have been born is best.
Morphine
written byHeinrich Heine
© Heinrich Heine