The sea has its pearls

The sea has its pearls,
The heaven its stars,
But my heart, my heart,
My heart has its love.

Great are the sea and the heavens,
But greater is my heart.
And fairer than pearls of stars
Glistens the glows my love.

Then little, youthful maiden,
Come unto my might heart.
My hear, and the sea, and the heavens
And melting away with love.

Das Meer hat seine Perlen,
Der Himmel hat seine Sterne,
Aber mein Herz, mein Herz,
Mein Herz hat seine Liebe.

Groß ist das Meer und der Himmel,
Doch größer ist mein Herz,
Und schöner als Perlen und Sterne
Leuchtet und strahlt meine Liebe.

Du kleines, junges Mädchen,
Komm an mein großes Herz;
Mein Herz und das Meer und der Himmel
Vergehn vor lauter Liebe.

Heinrich Heine, ‘The sea has its pearls’ (Das Meer hat seine Perlen) (1826), first stanza

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