Upon the silent valley sinks the dark night,
The last period of time with its [attending]
Pain of parting, it is completed.
Do you know the song, you old town:
That one is forced to part from that
Which one holds most dear? Adieu! Adieu!
You old town, adieu!

Accompanied only by the radiance of the stars,
I wander alone once more
Through your silent streets.
They remind me of the sunny happiness
That I, when the day now returns,
Must leave behind. Adieu! Adieu!
You sunny happiness, adieu!

Here youth blossomed for me,
[Here] my heart often came aglow with bliss,
With joyful, jaunty rhapsodizing.
And the proud splendour of the surrounding mountains
Ignited comfort in my breast
While I was grieving. Adieu! Adieu!
Oh time of youth, adieu!