o yaz [English translation]

how had whole summer passed by,

that age from my salad days,

and you were white as a honeysuckle,

(all of) you stole my heart a little bit unawares.

how we were bustling around in the gardens,

we were singing songs on moonlit nights,

you to me, I to you, in neighbour houses,

(we) embraced eachother like roots of an ivy.

your hand would touch my hand innocently

and my eyes were looking for you.

while we were kissing, a fear of something

had brought the first sadness to our love.

with the gloom filled up our childish hearts,

we had sat and cried on the pergola, silently.

with the early come night, desperately...

we said goodbye and left (eachother) while that summer ending.