Tell me sweet on, tell me why
Time so swiftly passes by?
While I rove the woods among
While I listen to thy song
While on thee my looks are bent
While on thee each thoughts intent
Tell me sweetest, tell me why
Time so swiftly passes by?
Ah, I’ve found the reason why
I can read it in thine eye
In thine eye, love’s truest book
Where for truth I always look
It says, why time so swiftly can move
Is, that he borrows wings of Love
And this must be the reason why
He so swiftly passes by.
O.