Alas, my love, I must now part from you, and go beyond the mountain and valley

Alas, my love, I must now part from you, and go beyond the mountain and valley;

the alders and the willows are weeping all the while.

They watched us wander so often together by the edge of the brook;

the sight of one of us without the other will surpass their understanding.

O alders and willows, standing weeping with pain,

just think now how we must feel in our hearts!