May Song

How sweetly Nature Brightens round me! How the sun’s shining! How the fields gleam! Blossoms are bursting From every leaf, Thousands of voices From bushes beneath, And joy and bliss From every eye. O Earth, O Sun! O Joy, O Delight. O Love, O Love! So golden fair, Like morning clouds On the hillside there! Your splendour blesses The fields so fresh, The whole wide world In a blossoming mist. O Darling, Darling, How I love you! How your eyes shine! How you love too! So the lark loves Singing on high, And flowers at dawn The scented sky, As I love you With veins on fire, You who give me Youth, Joy, Desire For new dances New poetry. Be happy forever, As you love me!