afscheidslied

Goodbye, goodbye my sweet love
No longer can we both be
I'm going far and far from here
And far across the heath

Far across the heath, far across the sand
With a sadder heart and mind
I may win the homeland
But faithful love never wins

And don't you see blooming everywhere
The trees blooming and growing
Tomorrow the nightingale will still
Come with other small birds

Will sing to you over heath and sand
You will hear the singing there
He sings all the way to your homeland
Sworn to faithful love

Now I hear the song of smaller birds
And walk across the heath
Now it makes me, all my life long
So woe and so woe, the parting