h, linger for a while over the waves,
You sinking sun, bidding adieu
And carrying my valedictions with you
Toward the blue country to which you migrate!
From afar I still see your glow spilling over
The horizon waving a thousand goodbyes…

But – hastily did you say farewell
To my so beloved strand;
And you’ve already gone to dwell
In a distant, foreign land.

                   I too was separated.
          But a point shall come someday soon
                   That bright time so belated
          For singing a happier tune,
As you turn to greet me again.