Longing for You
Lyrics by Richard Hacken
(English translation of -- and to be sung to the tune of -- the Swedish folk song, Av längtan till dig).
An eternity long I lived as if there were no you.
In all my dreams you were so close beside me,
So wonderfully by me,
When I thought I had found you, again off away you flew;
Each time I found somebody else and saw that the dream clearly was not true.
Think of the phantoms I chased out of longing for you
Till I learned you existed and hoped for me too;
All the days that I wandered with lonesome regret
Before meeting the loveliest person I’ve ever met.
You said simply that you had been waiting so long for me;
Now I could sense a heaven on earth before us,
In heavenly chorus.
And you asked if I’d live my life with you and endlessly;
I followed where you led, and all I ever had dreamt of was there for me.
Think of the phantoms I chased out of longing for you
Till I learned you existed and hoped for me too;
All the days that I wandered with lonesome regret
Before meeting the loveliest person I’ve ever met.
Before meeting the loveliest person I’ve ever met.
No one ever has captured my heart as your love has done.
Your tenderness has caused all pain and worry
To melt away smoothly.
All the shadows and darkness with which my life had been stunned
Are gone forever, and we see together the light of a rising sun.
Think of the phantoms I chased out of longing for you
Till I learned you existed and hoped for me too;
All the days that I wandered with lonesome regret
Before meeting the loveliest person I’ve ever met.
Think of the phantoms I chased out of longing for you
Till I learned you existed and hoped for me too;
All the days that I wandered with lonesome regret
Before meeting the loveliest person I’ve ever met.