海涅經典詩歌《玫瑰為何如此蒼白》詩中壹開始就渲染了淒慘的氣氛，蒼白的玫瑰、雕萎的紫羅蘭、悲切的鳥鳴、將死的香蕾、黯淡的陽光和腐朽的大地，這些淒慘的景象，讓讀者也感受到冷氣喜人。日期憔悴的他，最後終於吐露了心聲：?我最心愛的人啊，為何妳要拋棄我?詩歌用質樸的語言、熟悉的景物和大量的問句，表達了他失戀後的痛苦和絕望。
Why the Roses Are So Pale 玫瑰為何如此蒼白
Heinrich Heine
Dearest, canst thou tell me why
The rose should be so pale?
And why the Azure violet
Should wither in the vale?
And why the lark should in the cloud
So sorrowfully sing?
And why from loveliest balsam-buds
A scent of deach should spring?
最親愛的人啊， 妳能否告訴我
玫瑰為何如此蒼白?
碧翠的紫羅蘭
為何會在山谷中雕萎?
雲中的雀啊
為何唱得如此悲切?
最可愛的香蕾
為何會散發出死亡的氣息?
And why the sun upon the mead
So chillingly should frown?
And why the earth should,like a grave,
Be moldering and brown?
And why it is that I myself
So languishing should be?
And why it is, my heart of hearts,
That thou forskest me?
草地上的陽光
為何會如此冷漠地皺折眉頭?
棕褐色的大地
為何會像墳墓搬地腐朽?
為何我
日益憔悴?
我最心愛的人啊
為何妳要拋棄我?