So far away! So far away!
  Thy stars are not the stars I see;
With me 'tis night, with thee 'tis day,
  And [day and night]1 are one to me.
    So far -- so far away!

I faint beneath [those wandering]2 airs,
  [Whose wings]3 around the world go free.
I snatch at straws the whirlwind bears --
  Touched they the land that blooms for thee
    So far -- so far away?

The forms that near me breathe and move
  Like visions rise, like visions flee;
I cannot live to other love,
  My soul has crossed the deep to thee
    So far -- so far away!

Earth's [drooping shadows close me round]4,
  [The heavens have lost their light for me]5;
[The voice of joy breathes not a sound]6,
  And hope swoons dead on yonder sea
    So far -- so far away!