The leaves are falling, it's autumn.
 You're going away, it's all over!
 Listen to the monotonous wind
 in the forest that is empty of nests.
 Nature in her sadness
 is revealing to my mind
 that love is an adventure
 which lasts only a season.
 
 But tonight let's dance together.
 This is our final time.
 Clasp my trembling hand once more,
 let me hear your voice again.
 And if there are tears
 glistening in my eyes,
 then perhaps that will make them
 deliciously charming.
 
 To make me dizzy in my distress,
 let's waltz as in those happy days
 when you kept promising me, your mistress,
 you would adore me forever.
 Let's waltz, your arm is squeezing me
 close against your heart;
 And I'm thinking: "Was he sincere
 or was he always a liar?"
 
 Last kiss, last embrace!
 You are going!  It's daylight!
 A star has gone dark
 in the sky of love.
 Cruel man, you can see the tears
 that are streaming from my eyes!
 But tears have no charms any more
 for hearts that forget.