Keep for me your love

take away from me my daily bread
and if you wish, you can take away from me

the air I breathe but do not take from me

your love

you can take from me riches of the world

and make me the wretched of the earth

but do not take away from me

your smile

 

time may laugh with gladness
when the clouds run away from the horizon

birds in the meadows may burst us with joy

but not as much as your lips   

with your love I can pluck a lance of flowers
and the wave of joy your lips bring
changeth always the sky above me

and open for me the door of laughter I seek