These lyrics are copied from the liner notes of an album "Love's Old Sweet Songs: Musical Treasures from Victoria Hall" by Donna Bennett, soprano, and Brian Finley, piano (Marquis Classics, 1997). The translator isn't named.


ON WINGS OF SONG, Op. 34, No. 2
Felix Mendelssohn, arr. B. Finley/Heinrich Heine

I'll bear thee off, my dearest, upon the wings of my song,
Off to a spot that I know of, where Ganges rolls along.
For there in a beautiful garden, in moonlight still and clear,
The lotus flowers blossom, for you, their sister dear!

The violets whisper together, and peek at the stars from their dell,
And there to each other the roses their sweet-scented fairy-tales tell.
The dainty gazelles will listen, and cautiously explore,
While aye is heard in the distance the sacred river's roar.

And there we shall lie together, there by the palmy streams,
In love and peace forever, and dream our happy dreams.