Farewell (Lament)

I'm off! Good-bye, my dear,

remember me well!

- What? Leaving so soon, madam?

Won't you be returning?

- Yes, perhaps I will.

Yes, of course I'll be back.

Wait for me at the window;

I'll see you from a distance.

I waited at the window

for her hoped-for return.

But neither "of course" nor "perhaps"

nor ever will I see her again!

When a woman swears she'll return,

only a foolish man believes her.

I'm dying! Good-bye, my dear!

Yes, I've remembered you!