Dearest friend, you are in love

Text by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856)
Translated into English by Joseph Massaad 

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Dearest friend, you are in love,
Subjected to a new pain,
It grows lighter in your heart,
It grows darker in your brain.

Dearest friend, you are in love,
A matter not yet confessed,
I can see your flaming heart,
Burning wildly through your vest.