--  Greensleeves  --


LYRICS, 2 languages


EN - English
FI - Finnish


Form: v R v R v R   (original form: 18 * v R)


Melody: traditional, 1584 England


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EN (English)                             traditional, 1584 England

                   --  Greensleeves  --

VERSE 1            Alas, my love, you do me wrong,
                   to cast me off discourteously.
                   For I have loved you well and long,
                   delighting in your company.

REFRAIN            Greensleeves was all my joy,
                   greensleeves was my delight,
                   greensleeves was my heart of gold,
                   and who but my lady greensleeves.

VERSE 2            Your vows you've broken, like my heart,
                   oh, why did you so enrapture me?
                   Now I remain in a world apart,
                   but my heart remains in captivity.

REFRAIN

VERSE 3            I have been ready at your hand,
                   To grant whatever you would crave,
                   I have both wagered life and land,
                   Your love and good-will for to have.

REFRAIN

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EN (English)                       new lyrics (C) 2018 Ion Mittler

--  White is the sky and in snow is the ground --
--  (Greensleeves with new lyrics)  --

VERSE 1            My only love, forget me not,
                   remember how ardent love we got.
                   You may not leave me from your heart,
                   I am happy only in your arms.

REFRAIN 1/2        White is the sky and in snow is the ground
                   in this land where we a true love once found.
                   Frozen are lakes and in frost is the earth,
                   there a boy will meet his loving girl.

VERSE 2            Why is my joy so far out there,
                   as if prisoner of your love I were?
                   To only you belongs my heart,
                   how long must we remain apart?

REFRAIN 1/2

VERSE 3            For you I faithfully will wait,
                   this hope of love I'll not forsake.
                   I everything would yield for you,
                   if you came back to me for good.

REFRAIN 3          White is the sky and all white is the ground
                   in land where we a true love once found.
                   Frozen are lakes and frozen is the earth,
                   yet a boy will meet his loving girl.
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FI (Finnish)                          transl. (C) 2018 Ion Mittler

--  Valkoinen taivas ja luminen maa --
--  (Greensleeves suomeksi)  --

VERSE 1            Mun rakkaani, älä unohda mua,
                   etkö muista kuinka mä rakastin sua?
                   Et jättää mua sydämestäsi saa,
                   olen onnellinen kanssas vaan.

REFRAIN 1/2        On valkoinen taivas ja luminen maa,
                   ne rakkauttamme on saaneet todistaa.
                   Jäätyneet järvet ja routaiset maat,
                   siellä rakkaani kohdata saan.

VERSE 2            Miks onneni on niin kaukana,
                   kuin oisin rakkauden vankina.
                   Vaan silti on sydämein vain sun,
                   vielä kerran saavut luokse mun.

REFRAIN 1/2

VERSE 3            Sinua vieläkin odotan,
                   en toivoani mä kadota.
                   Kaiken uhraisin vuoksesi
                   jos sä saapuisit luokseni.

REFRAIN 3          On valkoinen taivas ja luminen maa,
                   ne rakkauttamme on saaneet todistaa.
                   Jäätyneet järvet ja routaiset maat,
                   vielä rakkaani kohdata saan.
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