New love

Ferdinand von Hiller

In the moonlit forest

I watched the elves a-riding,

I heard their horns sound

I heard their bells ring.

Their white horses, with

golden antlers, flew on

swiftly, like white swans

Travelling through the air.

The queen nodded at me and smiled,

smiled, as she rode overhead;

Was it because of my new love?

Or does it mean death?