Sleep my love
Outside the night is dark
Sleep my love, goodnight
Sleep my love
This is our last evening
Sleep my love, goodnight

Upon the flowers starting
To close their petals
A light rain falls tonight
And the birds
Which will exalt the morning
Sleep and dream for now
It will be tomorrow soon
It will be another new day

And you will have lost me
Through wanting me too much
All we had together was wasted
When you tried to build
An eternal happiness
Doomed to perish in boredom
When I wanted something else
Something altogether simpler
All I needed was the spring
I hoped that you could bring
No, none of the girls we love
Can ever understand
That they are, each time
Our final love
Our final chance
Our last beginning
Our last departure
Our last ship leaving

Sleep my love
Outside the night is dark
Sleep my love, goodnight
Sleep my love
This is our last evening
Sleep my love
Goodbye