Schiller's naive poetry and sentimental poetry

The Voice of a Ghost (1802)

When my ethereal shadow leaves you,

Where am I? Where is my return journey?

Didn’t I make up my mind and make an end?

Didn’t I once love and survive?

Do you want to inquire about the nightingale?

They once used their soulful and wonderful sounds to confuse you on that sunny spring day.

Without love, they cannot sustain life.

Have I ever found the person I lost?

Believe me, I have been united with him.

There, what has been united will no longer be separated.

There, there will be no tears to cry. .

You will meet us there too,

If your love is like ours,

My father will be freed from sin there,< /p>

The bloody murderer no longer walks beside him.

When he looks up at the sky and watches the stars,

he will feel that there is no longer any delusion;

Because if you think deeply, there will be good retribution. /p>

A person with faith is close to the divine.

For any noble belief,

words of assurance can be found everywhere;

Be bold enough to misunderstand and dream boldly,

Childish games often have profound meanings.