True love endures;
It outlives many an hour.
No doubts frighten it;
Ever unbowed is its courage.

Tempest and death menace it
In dense hordes, inviting
Inconstancy. But loyal blood
Sets love against these dangers.

And, like a mist, is dissolved
That which imprisons the senses,
And to the serene gaze of spring
The wide world is revealed.
  Achieved
  Mastered
By love is happiness.
  Vanished
  Are the hours:
But they fly back.
And blessed joy
  Stills
  Fulfils
The drunken delight-throbbing breast.
  May it be set apart
  From sorrow
  Forever.
  And never
Vanish this sweet, blessed, heavenly bliss!