i so know you, my little sister
even we only just have met
so many faces have you had [lit: with so many faces also before]
when having been with me before [lit: you've laid beside me]
your shaggy hair flown down your shoulders [lit: shaggy hair on your
mist of the morning in your eyes
like taken form in to the flesh [lit: as having to come in to the fle
had dewy meadows, glens of dreams
refrain:
when wandering all alone in night
you may meet someone of your kind
and for a moment trail is light for two to tread
neither the distance nor the years
not a thing can make us part
a mere moment / i can have you
and then forget
when in your sleep / my little sister
you sail there in your moonlit ship
with morning star there on your brow
you tread the borders of the night
the rainy islands of the west seas
the cherry blossoms of japan
as well as south and north
all for us exist alone
refrain
eternity is just a mere sigh
one night can be a whole lifetime
thousand springs echoing in your scent
neither the distance, nor the years
not a thing can make us part
and for a moment trail is light for two to tread