Your heart beats
at the abyss
The night envelops
your last word
So cruel
So careless
fate rips you
away from me
I let you go
I must free myself
Then my longing overtakes me, forever yours
Forgive me – stay by me
and I still say forget-me-not*
I give you at parting
a last light
forget-me-not
Your look sinks
into sunset**
I tear myself away
with my last strength
So cruel
So sacred
you lay before me
It is accomplished
I let you go
I must free myself
then my longing overtakes me, forever yours
Forgive me – stay by me
and I still say forget-me-not
I give you at parting
a last light
forget-me-not
This time it will be for always
These wounds will also heal
I tear myself away, must free myself
then our fate overtakes us
Forgive me – stay by me…
this is the flower, forget-me-not
** Nachtrot is a dark “night” red, abendrot is sunset, but I think this fits better?
my English translation:
Your heart beats at the abyss The night envelops your last word So cruel So careless fate rips you away from me I let you go I must free myself Then my longing overtakes me, forever yours Forgive me – stay by me and I still say forget-me-not* I give you at parting a last light forget-me-not Your look sinks into sunset** I tear myself away with my last strength So cruel So sacred you lay before me It is accomplished I let you go I must free myself then my longing overtakes me, forever yours Forgive me – stay by me and I still say forget-me-not I give you at parting a last light forget-me-not This time it will be for always These wounds will also heal I tear myself away, must free myself then our fate overtakes us Forgive me – stay by me…