Actually, it's a translation from Heine (Die Jahre kommen und gehen). In English: Years come and go; generations Are perishing day by day, But the love that my heart aches with, It never will pass away. If once, but once, I might see thee, And sink on my knees at thy feet, And, dying there, dying might tell thee, "I love thee, I love thee, sweet!"
Actually, it's a translation from Heine (Die Jahre kommen und gehen). In English:
Years come and go; generations
Are perishing day by day,
But the love that my heart aches with,
It never will pass away.
If once, but once, I might see thee,
And sink on my knees at thy feet,
And, dying there, dying might tell thee,
"I love thee, I love thee, sweet!"
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