[Verse 1] Alas! The beautiful cannot last; From the dream of Paradise We sink back down to mourn In the wide emptiness of space. [Verse 2] We may only sense the Heaven, Only feel joy in foretaste, For Earth's disturbing warning Always plunges us back fast. [Instrumental interlude - jazz guitar solo, 8 bars band jam] [Verse 3] Yet we live out our lives Only in the bloom of love. Feel ourselves raised through it To a nobler nature above. [Verse 4] Love leads us to the starry spheres, Gives courage for great deeds, Shines in God's mercy clear, And makes the soul become truly good. [Instrumental interlude - organ solo, extended band jam] [Verse 5] When we know what is most fair And have felt the splendid grace, Yet must miss it once again there. This sorrow finds no cooling place. [Verse 6] But who would not know ecstasy, Though he soon must lose it then? Short alone the parting will be, The reunion lasts till the end. [Outro- fade out]
