| Margarete Münsterberg, ed., trans. A Harvest of German Verse. 1916. | | | | Last Words | | By Annette Freün von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848) |
| | | WHEN I am gone, brook no complaining, | |
| Beloved, shed no tears, I pray! | |
| Where I shall dwell, there peace is reigning, | |
| There shines an everlasting day. | |
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| Where earth’s great misery is vanished, | 5 |
| Your images shall never fade; | |
| I’ll pray that all your pain be banished, | |
| That balm upon your wounds be laid. | |
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| At night, when heavenly peace is flying | |
| Above the world that sorrow mars, | 10 |
| Ah, think not of my grave with sighing! | |
| For then I greet you from the stars. | | | | |
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