Love is cruel, love is sweet
Thomas McDonell
original text
Love is cruel, love is sweet,
Cruel sweetness,
Lovers sigh until lovers meet,
Sighs meet and sigh again-
Cruel sweetness! Ah, the sweetest pain!
Love is blind-but love is cunning,
Blind and cunning
Thought is bold, but words are shy—
Bold and cunning—
Bold and cunning, and bold-
Fear is boldness, shyness and pain.
author
Thomas mcdonell is an Irish poet. 1884 died in Dublin turmoil.
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Love is cruel, love is sweet
Thomas Mcdonough's masterpiece.
Translated by Guo Moruo
Love is cruel and love is sweet.
Cruel and sweet,
Lovers are heartbroken before they meet,
Heartbroken encounter-
Meet heartbreakingly, say goodbye, heartbreakingly-
Cruel sweetness! Sweetest heartbreak!
Love is blind and keen,
Blind and keen,
Brave and shy-
Brave and shy—
Brave and shy, brave and brave-
Courage is sweet-shyness is heartbreaking.