Oh, the viburnum blooms beside the stream, There’s a young lad I have fallen for, it seems. Fallen for him — yet it brings me sorrow deep, Words elude me; I cannot speak. (Words elude me; I cannot speak. ) He goes on living, unaware, untold, That a maiden dreams of him, heart and soul. By the stream, the viburnum’s blossoms fade, Yet my girlish love will not depart, nor fade. (Yet my girlish love will not depart, nor fade.) No, my girlish love grows stronger day by day — How to find the courage to let my feelings stray? I just wander, words trapped deep within, Dearest, kindest one — please, discern! (Dearest, kindest one — please, discern! )
