If only thoughts were flying birds.
Language: English 
If only thoughts were flying birds,
To you I'd fleet,
On thousand gleaming wings of love,
My heart's desire to greet.
If only thoughts were flying birds,
To you I'd fleet.

If only miles were inches long
'Twixt you and me,
My heart would leap to you each day
Across the land and sea,
If only miles were inches long
'Twixt you and me.

If only love could mould this world
Of ours a new,
It would be Paradise itself
To share its joys with you.
Oh, 'twould be a Paradise
To share its joys with you!

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