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One wish alone have |
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I In some calm land beside the sea to die |
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Upon its strand |
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That I forever sleep |
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The forest near, a heaven near |
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Stretched over the peaceful deep |
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That no one weeps my end |
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Nor for me grieves |
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But let the autumn lend |
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Tongues to the leaves |
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No candles shine |
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Nor tomb I need, instead |
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Let them for me a bed |
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Or twigs entwine |
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When brooklet ripples fall |
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With murmuring sound |
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And moon is found |
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Among the pine trees tall |
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While softly rings |
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The wind it's trembling chime |
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And over me the lime |
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In blossem flings |
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As I will then no more a wanderer be |
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Let them with fondness store my memory |
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And Lucifer the while |
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Above the pine, good comrade mine |
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Will on me gently smile? |
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In mournful mood |
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The sea sing sad refrain... |
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And I be earth again |
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In solitude |
