Emma Lazarus, the American poet of ‘The New Colossus’, translated these poems and prefaced them with a sketch of Heine’s life, from his Düsseldorf childhood under French occupation onward. The selection includes early lyrics, sonnets to his mother, ‘The Sphinx’, ‘Donna Clara’, ‘Don Ramiro’ and ‘Tannhäuser’, ranging from tender love songs to bitter irony.
A meeting of two poets, valuable for Heine’s admirers and Lazarus’s alike. Download the free EPUB.