I know not if you love me

I know not if you love me,

That you can say.

But I know that I perish

with you away.

All my striving is futile,

naught can life give;

For alas! dear, without you

I cannot live.

If you do not love me,

do not deceive me,

False hopes never can help me,

If your love I lose.

If in your bosom for another

love should be hidden,

Do not give false hope and pain

without its guerdon.