It lies not in our power to love or hate,
For will in us is overruled by fate.
When two are stripped, long ere the course begin,
We wish that one should love, the other win;
And one especially do we affect
Of two gold ingots, like in each respect:
The reason no man knows; let it suffice
What we behold is censured by our eyes.
Where both deliberate, the love is slight:
Who ever loved, that loved not at first sight?
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Have I not heard that last line before? Even so 'tis a good poem. Try my sonnet -Sonnet Beyond Love. Adeline