The melody was also appropriated for the Loveliest Night of the Year lyrics. The original Over the Waves may not have had lyrics but apparently some were eventually written for the tune. The Spanish lyrics follow the Loveliest Night.

THE LOVELIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR

When you are in love,
It's the loveliest night of the year,
Stars twinkle above
And you almost can touch them from here.
Words fall into rhyme
Any time you are holding me near.
When you are in love,
It's the loveliest night of the year.

:Waltzing along in the blue,
Like a breeze drifting over the sand,
Thrilled by the wonder of you
And the wonderful touch of your hand and
My heart starts to beat
Like a child's when a birthday is near.
So kiss me, my sweet.
It's the loveliest night of the year.

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SOBRE LAS OLAS

¡Que dulce vaivén de las olas tranquilas del mar!
¡Que lindas se ven en la playa gentil resbalar!
Su grato rumor forma un canto de mágico son,
Y su color de esperanza es emblema de amor.
Pero con horrísono son
De terrible y feroz tempestad
Sopla el rudo aquilón.
En sus olas se ve majestad.
Yerguen se en fiera altivez
En montaña de espuma y cristal,
Y con estruendo después
A la playa a morir se van.

En la inmensidad de las olas flotando te vi,
Y al irte a salvar por tu vida la mía perdí.
La dulce visión en mi alma indeleble grabó
La tierna pasión que la dicha y la paz me robó.
Si el eco de mi dolor
Tu refugio llegare a turbar,
Te seguirá el amor.
No te niegues su pena escuchar,
Que el viento te llevarà
Los gemidos de mi corazón,
Y siempre repetirá
Los acentos de mi canción.

What a lovely motion of the tranquil waves of the sea!
How beautiful they look as they slide onto the gentle beach!
Their pleasant murmur forms a song of magical sound
And their color is the emblem of the hope of love.
But with the horrible sound
Of the terrible, fierce storm,
Blows the violent North wind.
Majesty appears in its waves.
They rise in wild arrogance
In a mountain of foam and crystal,
And with a great noise afterwards
They return to the beach to die.

In the immensity of the floating waves, I saw you,
And when I went to save you, for your life, I lost mine.
The sweet vision in my soul carved indelibly
The tender passion that robbed me of fortune and peace.
If the echo of my sorrow
Should come to disturb your refuge,
Love will follow you.
Do not refuse to listen to its pain,
For the wind will bring you
The plaints of my heart
And will always repeat
The strains of my song.