I saw you walking by the riverbank yesterday,
it was there that I met you,
beautiful as you always are,
it took my breath away1.
For a moment it seemed to me
that our eyes found each other
and I became paralyzed,
I couldn't run nor tell you:
Come back to me now, my love
I can't live without you,
when you left I lost
my reason for living.
So grand was your smile
that you seemed so happy to me,
it was in the arms2 of another
that left me quiet3 and I relinquished you.
Every day I carry you in my heart,
I know it's nothing more than an illusion
you embroidered my life with threads of loneliness
damn you and your happiness...
1. lit. 'I couldn't breathe'.2. lit. 'hands'3. or 'left me speechless'.