Die schöne Müllerin D. 795: VII. Ungeduld

I want to carve it deep on every tree

To paint it high on every wall I see

I want to sow the words in watercress

So everyone could read my happiness

So everyone can see

The very heart of me

You are my love, you are my love

And you and I will love for ever

I want to teach it to a singing bird

So he could then repeat it word for word

So he can jubilantly sing your praise

In joyous folderols and roundelays

And he would sing it, so

That everyone would know

You are my love, you are my love

And you and I will love for ever

I want to breathe it on the morning air

A secret message for the wind to bear

I want to share it with the passing breeze

And send it rustling through the poplar trees

And all around the land

So you can understand

You are my love. You are my love

And you and I will love forever

The words I long to say and daren’t speak

The world can see them in my burning cheek

The world can hear them in my aching sighs

Or else divine them from my shining eyes

The words I daren't say

Are giving me away

You are my love, you are my love

And you and I will love for ever