My amorous days

My amorous days,

Who could ever forget you,

Now that, adorned with all the blessings,

You give peace to my heart

And perfume to my thoughts?

To be able, so, as life advances,

To fear no longer the anxieties

Of a life of deceptions,

With this hope alone:

That one look of his (hers) may be all my splendor

And one smile of his (hers) may be all my treasure!

Who more blessed than I,

If she (he) does not thus have beside her (him)

A sweet and dear beloved object,

So that she (he) cannot yet say

She (he) knows what love is?

Ah, may I so, as life advances,

Fear no longer the anxieties

Of a life of deceptions,

With this hope alone:

That one look of his (hers) may be all my splendor

And one smile of his (hers) may be all my treasure!