Serenata

Like a golden dream in my heart ever smiling
Lives the image fair of happy love I knew in days gone by
Still I seem to hear your laughter beguiling
Still to see the joy, the love-light beaming from your radiant eye
Can my dreaming be in vain?
Will my love ne'er come again?
Ah, come, shall we waste the golden hours of youth apart?

What care I for life without you by my side?
Do not delay, the hours slip away
Your arms are my paradise
You and only you can fill my heart
Oh, star of my heaven
Come back and shed your light upon my way
Come back, come back