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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ROMANCERO: BOOK 1. HISTORIES: THE SILESIAN WEAVERS, by HEINRICH HEINE Poet's Biography
First Line: No tears from their gloomy eyes are flowing
Last Line: "we're weaving, we're weaving!"
Subject(s): Freedom; Weaving & Weavers; Liberty
First Line: No tears from their gloomy eyes are flowing
Last Line: "we're weaving, we're weaving!"
Subject(s): Freedom; Weaving & Weavers; Liberty
NO tears from their gloomy eyes are flowing,
They sit at the loom, their white teeth showing:
"Thy shroud, O Germany, now weave we,
"A threefold curse we're weaving for thee, --
"We're weaving, we're weaving!
"A curse on the God to whom our petition
"We vainly address'd when in starving condition;
"In vain did we hope, and in vain did we wait,
"He only derided and mock'd our sad fate, --
"We're weaving, we're weaving!
"A curse on the King of the wealthy, whom often
"Our misery vainly attempted to soften;
"Who takes away e'en the last penny we've got,
"And lets us like dogs in the highway be shot, --
"We're weaving, we're weaving!
"A curse on our fatherland false and contriving,
"Where shame and disgrace alone are seen thriving,
"Where flowers are pluck'd before they unfold,
"Where batten the worms on corruption and mould, --
"We're weaving, we're weaving!
"The shuttle is flying, the loom creaks away,
"We're weaving busily night and day;
"Thy shroud, Old Germany, now weave we,
"A threefold curse we're weaving for thee, --
"We're weaving, we're weaving!"
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