1. Oh, if only I could live in this world
Happy in my solitude and seclusion

2. Spending my life in the mountains and forests
Amongst the evergreen pines

3. I have no worldly cares to distract
My soul from listening to my heart

4. I observe death and life and listen
To the tales of the past and future

5. And sing with the nightingales in the woods
And listen to the murmur of the valley

6. And converse with the stars, dawn, and birds
The river and the gentle glow

7. A life of beauty and art I seek
Far from my people and homeland

8. I do not burden myself with my people's sorrows
For they are alive yet living like the dead

9. And the sadness in my soul is enough
Of newfound subtle anguish

10. And far from the city and the people
Far from the nonsense of those circles

11. It is but foolishness and lies
And that habitual drivel

12. How far it is from the valley's flowing stream
And the rhythm of the echoes and the bard's song

13. The rustling of branches caressed by the dew
And the whispers of the breeze to the boys

14. This is a life my soul sanctifies
And for its glory I call and proclaim