Der Wind hat mir ein Lied erzählt [English translation]

I'm alone in the night,

my soul wakes and listens

Oh heart, do you hear how it sounds?

How it sings and rushes in the palms?

The wind has told me a song

of fortune indescribably beautiful.

He knows what my heart is lacking,

for whom it beats and glows.

He knows for whom.

Come, come, ach!

The wind has told me a song,

of a heart I am missing

I have often stood by the sea in the evening

and have hoped; for what?

I gazed at colourful birds - ach

my happiness shattered like glass.

The wind has told me a song

of fortune indescribably beautiful.

He knows what my heart is lacking,

for whom it beats and glows.

He knows for whom.

Come, come, ach!

The wind has told me a song,

of a heart I am missing.

The wind ...