Serenade (From "The Student Prince")

Overhead, the moon is beaming
White as blossoms on the bough
Nothing is heard but the song of a bird
Filling all the air with dreaming
Would my heart but still it’s beating
Only you can tell it how, beloved
From your window give me greeting
Hear my eternal vow
Soft in the trees lies the echo of my longing
While all around you my dreams of rapture throng
My soul, my joy, my hope, my fear
Your heart must tell you that I am near
List from above while I pour out my love
For you know through my life you are love’d
Oh, hear my longing cry, oh, love me or I die
Overhead, the moon is beaming
White as blossoms on the bough
Nothing is heard but the song of a bird
Filling all the air with dreaming
Would my heart but still it’s beating
Only you can tell it how, beloved
From your window give me greeting
I swear my eternal love