Longing [Written entirely in Czech] pg. 46

Longing[1]

Oh, how crazy [you are], girlfriend mine

As if wasted[2], that beautiful time

When I was courting you

Oh, how I wish that could be again!

            From the moment[3] I see you once

            My soul gets lost in confusion over you

            You are my paradise, and my heaven

            Oh, how I wish that God would give me you again

An Intrusive Memory[4]

                        -On guard-

Beyond the Blue Mountains in the forest[5], a useless day has already become a lie

You, even in your soul, don’t feel[6] any sorrow- [but] I do, today

Oh, [even] if you knew it still wouldn’t be worth anything

These mountains are far away and you are beyond them

            The End

Albert Smith

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[1] In Czech in a different handwriting

[2] Literally “idle [time]”

[3] Literally “at the time”

[4] In Czech in a different handwriting

[5] Literally “game preserve”

[6] Literally “have”