When My Love and I Parted

When my love and I parted, the wind blew cold

When my love and I parted, our love untold

Though my heart was crying, "Love, come with me"

I turned my face from him and sought the sea

When my love and I parted, we shed no tears

For we knew that between us lay weary years

A bird was singing on a tree

And a gleam of sunlight lay on the sea

Parting is bitter and weeping, vain

But all true lovers will meet again

For no fate can sever my love from me

For his heart is a river and mine, the sea