Pale moon, tell me something, Why does it hurt here?
Here in my breast where all my willingness to leave is fastened
Silver sun, of a white glare, tell me, Why do does it hurt so?
Pale moon, if this is guilt, let silence fall upon me
[Chorus]
If it was necessary, then why does it hurt so much?
What could reason possibly know about tears?
I don't want the night, I don't want calm,
I don't want the sun as it strokes the dawn,
I don't want the autumn or its tread-upon leaves,
I don't want the wind barely touching my face;
just to see you upon the sea...
My pale moon, pale moon...
Pale moon, tell me something, tell me if heaven is for me,
With me I carry a cloth with all my crying in it to burn it there before you.
Always calm, verily without land, tell me Why am I not happy?
Pale moon, if this is guilt, let silence fall upon me
[Chorus...]
If it was necessary, then why does it hurt so much?
What could reason possibly know about tears?
I don't want the night, I don't want calm,
I don't want the sun as it strokes the dawn,
I don't want the autumn or its tread-upon leaves,
I don't want the wind barely touching my face;
just to see you upon the sea...
The waves hurt, my soul hurts*
The sea hurts when it suddenly becomes silent,
My skin among the white linen hurts,
The air of the sigh that is ending** hurts
And I can't forgive myself...
Pale moon.
Pale moon.
Pale moon...
My pale moon.