Nightly I see you in my dreaming

Nightly I see you in my dreams

And I see you greet me, friendly,

And crying out loudly, I throw myself

At your sweet feet.

You look at me sorrowfully

And shake your dear, blond head;

From your eyes sneak forth

The pearly teardrops.

You say a soft word to me secretly,

And give me a branch of the cypress;

I awake, and the branch is gone,

And I have forgotten the word.