Hymn of love

Happy was the day you were born -

happy was the day I first saw you!

Lost in the radiance of your eyes,

I stand, a blissful dreamer.

Heaven seems to open to me,

yet I only sense it from afar,

and I am permitted to gaze upon the sun,

something my yearning only ever imagined.

How wonderful it is to see my reflection in your eyes!

In your gaze, how great is my happiness!

And I call to my fate imploringly:

"Oh tarry, remain unchanging!"