Why Is The Rose So Pale - Poem

Why Is The Rose So Pale

Goodness Dearest, canst thou reveal to me why 

The Rose ought to be so pale? 

Also, why the sky blue Violet 

Ought to wilt in the vale? 

What's more, why the Lark should, in the cloud, 

So pitifully sing? 

What's more, why from loveliest resin buds 

An aroma of death should spring? 

Furthermore, why the Sun upon the mead 

So chillingly should glare? 

What's more, why the Earth should, similar to a grave, 

Be decaying and dark colored? 

What's more, can any anyone explain why I, myself, 

So grieving ought to be? 

What's more, why is it, my Heart-of-Hearts, 

That thou forsakest me?  

deciphered by Richard Garnett (1835-1906)

by Heinrich Heine