| Margarete Münsterberg, ed., trans. A Harvest of German Verse. 1916. | | | | On Wings of Song | | By Heinrich Heine (1799–1856) |
| | | ON wings of song—ah, lightly, | |
| Heart’s dearest, I bear thee away: | |
| A nook is beckoning brightly | |
| Where Ganges’ waters play. | |
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| A blooming red garden is lying | 5 |
| In moonlight calm and clear, | |
| The lotos flowers are sighing | |
| For thee, their sister dear. | |
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| The violets banter and slyly | |
| They peep at the star-rays pale, | 10 |
| The roses are whispering shyly | |
| Some fragrant fairy-tale. | |
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| The gentle gazelles come leaping, | |
| And hearken what we say; | |
| The sacred river is sweeping | 15 |
| And murmuring far away. | |
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| Beloved, let us be sinking | |
| Under the shady palm, | |
| The blissful quiet drinking | |
| And dreaming dreams of balm. | 20 | | | |
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