Autumn days

Since flowers you, dear lady, love,

Remember that the time draws near,

When roses shall not blossom more,

And lilies, too, shall cease to bloom.

Before the wintry winds have blown

Across the meadows soft and green,

And caused the yellow leaves to fall

Let's love, let's love while autumn lingers!

Since you enjoy the melodies

With which the birds the air are filling,

Remember gloom and silence dreary

Come down the slopes of lofty hills;

The wine that gurgles in the barrel

Bids a last farewell to the sun,

That sinks in ruby glow to rest.

Let's love, let's love while autumn lingers.

Since you know well, our destiny

On earth depends on chance alone,

But that a pleasure is decreed

To the sweet tortures of the heart,

Before those torments we experience

Without the sweetness with them blent

That helps us all to bear the pain

Let's love, let's love while autumn lingers!