Before Exile

Here is my last good-bye.
This side the sea.
Good-bye ! good-bye ! good-bye !
Love me, remember me.

This is my last good-bye,
This side the sea.
I bless, I pledge, I cling,
Love me, remember me.

This is my last good-bye
To each dear tree,
To every silent plain,
Love me, remember me.

This is my last good-bye,
This side the sea.
O friends ! O enemies !
Love me, remember me.

You will remain, but I
Must cross the sea.
My heart is faint with love,
O Land ! remember me.

You will not even ask
What claim has she.
She loved us, she has gone . . .
'Tis all, remember me.

This is what you will say,
My Land across the sea,
She was of us, has gone . . .
And you'll remember me.

Here is my last good-bye
This side the sea.
Farewell ! and when you can,
Love me, remember me.