- I sit here lonely and sad
in the quiet little room,
It reaches the cold walls
Scarcely did the dim lamp shine;
Everything rests, only from me one
Has sleep turned away;
Because my heart is abroad
In free Switzerland. - Where sky-high mountains
which the eternal snow covers,
encircle a deep valley,
Is a little village well hidden.
Oh! there are only a few huts,
I know one well
I could live in her forever
In free Switzerland! - It is indeed covered with straw,
The walls are only made of wood
Through the blind window panes
you can hardly see the meadow corridor.
But inside is the hut
More than gold and diamond;
Thrinli is what I loved
In free Switzerland. - Ah, well she’s in your arms now
sweet slumber, gladly rocked,
Many a dream picture you probably smiling
The ghost flies by.
She dreams of that evening too
who vanished from us only too quickly,
Where we fosten, joking intimately
In free Switzerland? - Ah, gone are the hours
they never come back
If only I could have a look
your eye’s gentle gaze.
Lead her to a dance
once on the delicate little hand,
Could I see Thrinli again
In free Switzerland.
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