I don't want to lose you, my love.

I don’t want to lose you,

My love.

You who wanders in my life

Like a fish on the sea.

You who are great in your

Vastness; who is missing

In my arms.

I don’t want to lose your light,

Or the tender way you hold me close;

Just like a tender thought,

Just like something that once

Held its breath.

The rhythm is in the waves

Of the sea.

The ocean mocks my sorrow;

For you are the only one I love,

Not the ocean.

The ocean and the sea are mocking.

I do not hold onto the night.

It is dead and gone.

Tenderly, I weep; like shadows

Thrown in sorrow.

I keep your heart near me.

It is the end to all things.

The beginning and the end,

Everything is near.

Frequently I wait for your decision,

Because I beg for your affection.

Oh bitterly I weep like a surrounding

Forest, the meadow has not fallen.

She thinks she knows me.

She does not know.

The light wanders in the night

Like a lone seal,

Thrown out to sea like a lamb.

I don’t want to lose what love

I have.