English
No Trace of It Remains
My love set me on fire, yet no trace of it shows;
strange, that from this hidden fire not a single spark appears.
When you strike my warm chest with your arrow, don't tear it open,
for no mark of your arrowhead can even be found in this heart.
The candle has burned out and the moth has given up its flight;
what can I do, when my long night finds no dawn?
See my cruel luck: I'm a prisoner in a palace
with no visible crack and no door to be found.
All lovers carry bleeding hearts, yet among them all
no lover as broken hearted as I can be found.
Show some mercy in this desert, cloud of generosity;
for your clear water, no one thirstier than me can be found.
I've launched my little boat and still hope to reach safety,
in an ocean where no trace of any shore can be found.
You are like the sun lighting the world; in the realm of beauty
shine on, shine, for no other like you can be found.
A fiery breath has grown absorbed in circling the sanctuary,
one with no wing or feather like the birds of that holy place.
Many a jewel has spilled into the treasury of thought,
yet no jewel as precious as the thought of you can be found.
Everyone planted a sapling and the gardener gave it fruit;
it's only my planting that bears no fruit at all.