my love

who are you, my love?
whisper it to the wind
so when it comes to me
i shall feel you instead

what is the matter, my love?
why are you sad and all alone?
i can't bear you solitude any longer
so come and just follow me

come, my love, let us go to the fields
let us lie down on the flowers and sleep
come touch me with your tender kisses
and i shall embrace you with my soul

let us dance near the fire my love
and stop when endlessness begins
ask me now, my love, to marry you
and i shall seal our fate with my yes

we shall live in the trees, my love
in the river, the sea and in the fields
we shall run all day with the flowers, my love
and dance all night with the stars

but why must not you stay, my love?
why do you have to cross my lovely seas?
will you not promise, my love, to come back
to come back and kiss my hand again?

how many hours my love must I stare at the sea?
how many days must I sleep on the flowers alone?
how many years must I wait for your solemn return?
and how many centuries must my soul long for yours?

be quick my love and return to me soon
the flowers are beginning to fade now
the sea, my love, is starting to eat the sand
and the gentle wind has now gone mad

who are you, my love and where have you been?
why can't i recognize your beautiful face?
the wind my love is whispering another man's name
it must have been him all this time

who are you my love? Please tell me your name
tell me where you live and where you’ve gone
teach me how to speak your tongue so I could say
i love you, my love, but i don't know you at all