And when the moon enrapts the streams 
And trembles on the fen 
A thousand years have flown it seems 
Since then 
For if today I part the veil 
And see what time portended 
I feel that long ago the tale 
Was ended 

Little I knew in youth's enchantment 
That it is alike absurd 
Or to lean against a shadow
Or believe a woman's word 
For if today I part the veil 
And see what time portended 
I feel that long ago the tale 
Was ended 

Though she once betrayed 
Though empty words spoken 
I wished she'd have stayed 
Remain with a heart that's broken 

For I no longer am confined In that sweet country's spell 
I have left you far behind 
Farewell 

Fair autumn still its breeze delays
Upon the springs that wail and sigh 
And through the leaves the whisper strays 
Of my sad dreams that now must die