A thousand thoughts oppress me for love of one who can’t be mine. As through the world I ramble, all I can do is pine. All I can feel is the pain I bear and it’s all for you, my dear. Mankind’s false heart betrayed me and left me in despair.
If I had never seen you, Your hands, your face, your clear blue eyes, If I had never been there The first time you walked by, I might have spent my days in joy, I might be content and free. The day will never dawn now When sorrow leaves me be.
The pretty flowers of summer I see them everywhere I go, But death is all I long for, Since your love I’ll never know. And if my fate’s to die for you, To you I’ll leave my pain, For never while I’m living Will I be free again. –translation, Alistair Cochrane at Northside