H:
Summer meadows and the scent
Of resin in the trees
You sat by the singing brook
Your hands about your knees
A master's brushstroke
In a master's painting
(I long for you in sleeping and in waking.)
And was there ever such a sight
That sole its heavenly delight
Could set your heart to aching?
Chorus
Queen of the riverbank!
Your hair spills out
Like sunlight in the stream -
Oh maid with the summer eyes
(That) mirror the skies
Ensnare me in your dream
S:
Autumn meadows and the smell
Of sultry fallen leaves
My beauty's fleeting as the stream's
Reflection; which deceives
Ethereal image
Rippling by and fading
(I long for you in sleeping and in waking.)
Chorus
Queen of the riverbank!
Your hair spills out
Like sunlight in the stream -
Oh maid with the autumn eyes
Storm-broiling skies
Ensnare me in your dream
Bridge
When - if not today?
Days dropping away
We are not for forever
Cast off the tree of time
This fall is yours, that fall is mine
Let's take the plunge together
Chorus
Queen of the riverbank!
Your hair spills out
Like sunlight in the stream -
Oh maid with the lambent eyes
Brighten my nights
Share my lonesome dream!
