1. The night has lingered, my eyes are sleepless still,
Oh when will come the final hour of night?

2. You who have gone and gone is all my joy,
Though gone from sight, you're present in my thoughts.

3. Whence comes a sun whose light sustains my life?
A shining moon amidst the teeming throng?

4. Whence comes a garden in this dusty world?
If not your branch, no blossoms can there be.