I ask for a moment's indulgence [German translation]

I ask for a moment's indulgence

to sit by thy side.

The works that I have in hand

I will finish afterwards.

Away from the sight of thy face

my heart knows no rest nor respite,

and my work becomes an endless toil

in a shoreless sea of toil.

Today the summer has come at my window

with its sighs and murmurs;

and the bees are plying their minstrelsy

at the court of the flowering grove.

Now it is time to sit quiet,

face to face with thee,

and to sing dedication of life

in this silent and overflowing leisure.