Happiness in love

I love a maiden with all my heart:

she has bright fresh eyes like two candles,

and wherever they playfully rest,

ah! how joyously gleams the world!

Just as in the dark woods, between ravines,

abruptly sparkle sunny gaps,

gleaming streams, and blossoming wildernesses

rustling heavenward - so it is in my heart!

Just as one gazes at the sea from the mountains,

just as the seahawk, gliding in the blue,

calls to the twilit earth where it lies:

so immeasurable is true love!