This poem is a lamentation of lost love and freedom. It describes the speaker's longing for a beautiful woman who has been imprisoned by her family to prevent her from marrying him. The speaker expresses his sorrow and frustration at being separated from the woman he loves, and laments the fact that she is being held captive against her will.
By Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe · First published 1795 · Genre: Lyric Poetry, Romanticism, Symbolism