«Had I but known, had I but realized, / From out my window I'd have never peered / As that dashing young dandy / Came trotting down our street / With his jaunty hat askew, / On his dun-hued horse a-prancing, / Hooves a-clatter, mane a-flutter, / Right before my window rearing! Had I bu...»
«If only I’d known better, if I’d [been sure]1, / I wouldn’t have looked out [my] little window / At the brazen young man, / As he rode along our street. / His murmolka tilted to the side / On his dashing dun steed, / Hooves ringing, long mane [waving], / And right in front of my ...»
«Wait for me, and I’ll be back. / You just have to wait. / Wait for me, when you feel sad, / Watching autumn rain. / Wait for me, if there is snow, / Wait, if there is heat. / Wait for me, when others don’t, / Forgetting things we did. / Wait for me, when there are no / Letters,...»
«Wart' auf mich, ich komm' zurück / Warte einfach hier / Warte, wenn der Regen bringt / Gelbe Tränen dir / Warte, wenn der Schneesturm heult / Wenn die Hitze glüht / Warte, wenn sonst niemand mehr / Sich um mich bemüht / Warte, wenn der Brief nicht kommt / Aus dem fernen Land / ...»