| Margarete Münsterberg, ed., trans. A Harvest of German Verse. 1916. | | | | The Rose Complained (From the Songs of Mirza Schaffy) | | By Friedrich von Bodenstedt (18191892) |
| | | THE ROSE complained, her fragrance fled, | |
| Ah, far too swiftly it was going | |
| The lovely scent that spring was giving. | |
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| And then to comfort her I said, | |
| Her fragrance through my songs was flowing, | 5 |
| And there forevermore was living. | | | | |
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