Full Lyrics
How can I leave thee,
Queen of my loving heart!
Dearer to me thou art
Than light and life.
This heart and soul of mine,
So close is wrapped to thine,
That I had rather life
Than thee resign.
Blue is the sweet flower
They call “Forgetmenot,”
O wear it on the spot
Where beats thy heart;
Should hope and flower pine,
Our love will ever shine;
All else may die, but love,
We’ll ne’er resign.
Were I a bird, love,
Thee would I fly to meet;
No hawk nor falcon fleet
Could stay my flight;
If pierced, this heart of mine—
Blessed by one look of thine,
Dying I fly to thee,
I life resign.
from the German
