LYRICAL INTERMEZZO NO. 55

by: Gustavo Adolfo Becquer (1836-1870)

FTEN when two are parting,

Each grasps a hand as friend;

And then begins a weeping

And a sighing without end.




We did not sigh when parting;

No tears between us fell;

The weeping and the sighing

Came after our farewell.

--Translated by Chas. G. Leland

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