Goethe

Those Who Know Yearning

Those Who Know Yearning - meaning Summary

Solitude Remembered Through Yearning

The speaker expresses deep isolation and aching desire for connection. Separated from joy and misunderstood by those who love them, the speaker feels physically and inwardly disturbed. Yearning is presented as the only witness to this suffering, conveying a private, persistent longing that colors perception of the world. The poem centers on emotional exile and the solitude of an unshared inner pain.

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Only the Yearning, they Know what I suffer! Alone, and far away From all joy severed, Seeing the sky always On every side. Who love me and know me, they Distantly hide. I’m dizzied: I’m burned, all day Inwardly shudder. Only the Yearning, they Know what I suffer!

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