''Immortal Belovéd...'' (translated as ''Eternally Belovéd'')
Immortal Belovéd, if in despairwe grow listless with Love's unmet desire,
and high emotion oft' marks our affair,
we fail to love; and begin to expire.
'Ere long, lest our unexpressed Love's well fed
(often), it'll thus take another lover;
for man loves woman, and woman loves man:
but Love discards them both when it's over.
But, with hope, Love can over-run fore'er
(for us), remain, and survive misfortune;
to quit now would be our only error:
therefore, let us thus make our bond immune?
If Love can o'erflow and be ne'er-ending,
Beloved, then we, too, are worth defending.
~Ngoc M. Nguyen, redrafted on 07 January 2021
Sonnet by Ngoc Nguyen
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Written on 2020-03-26 at 20:11
Tags Beloved Love Beethoven
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