If Ever I Would Leave You
If ever I would leave youIt wouldn't be in summer.Seeing you in summer I never would go.Your hair streaked with sunlight,Your lips red as flame,Your face with a lustrethat puts gold to shame!
But if I'd ever leave you,It couldn't be in autumn.How I'd leave in autumn I never will know.I've seen how you sparkleWhen fall nips the air.I know you in autumnAnd I must be there.
And could I leave yourunning merrily through the snow?Or on a wintry eveningwhen you catch the fire's glow?
If ever I would leave you,How could it be in springtime?Knowing how in spring I'm bewitched by you so?Oh, no! not in springtime!Summer, winter or fall!No, never could I leave you at all!