Es glänzt so schon die sinkende Sonne

The sun is fair when it sinks in splendor,
Yet fairer still are your eyes that shine —
Your beaming eyes and this splendid sunset
Illumine and trouble this heart of mine.

For the sunset means an end and a parting;
Night for the heart, and an endless woe.
And soon, between your eyes and my heart, love,
The wide and darkening sea shall flow.