Song to the moon

Silvery moon in the deep, blue sky
Thy beams see farther than we do,
This sleeping world you wander by
Smiling on homes and ways
This sleeping world you wander by
Smiling on homes and ways

Oh moon! Do stay a while, stay with me,
Tell me, oh, where is my lover?
Oh moon! Do stay a while, stay with me,
Tell me, oh, where is my lover?

Tell him, oh tell him, my silver moon
Mine are the arms that shall hold him
That between waking and sleeping
May he think of loving me
That between waking and sleeping
May he think of loving me

Light his path far away, light his path,
Tell him, oh tell him I am here waiting.
Light his path far away, light his path,
Tell him, oh tell him I am here waiting.

If of me, a human soul is dreaming,
May my soul rouse him from sleep,
Oh moon, oh shine on him, shine on him!
Oh shine on him!