Places serene and dear

Places serene and dear, I find you again

Just as I left you in the beautiful days of youth!

The same beloved views

Wherever I set my foot...

This alone does not sting me still --

The bitterness of the mournful days

In which the torments of a sad deception

First taught me what

In the world is grief!

Having fled far from you

Then I tried to find peace for my betrayed heart.

I even went beyond the sea, and loved other women...

But nothing can soothe that pain

Which is a living wound in every heart of a lover

Who had as much faith in love

As in praying to the Lord!