Since I first saw him, I think myself blind   I look around me and it's only him I see   His image floats before me so gentle and so kind   He has got a clear mind and firm courage      Oh, ring upon my finger, little golden ring   Devoutly I press you to my lips and to my heart      Sisters come adorn me, banish foolish fear   Twine upon my furrowed brow the blossoming myrtle   I serve him and live for him belong wholly to him   Give myself and find myself, transfigured by his brightness      Ring upon my finger, little golden ring   Devoutly I press you to my lips and to my heart      The blissful dream of childhood has ended   Now I drink delicious death with you my love      Now you have me caused me my first pain, that really hurt   You sleep, you hard cruel man, the sleep of death   The veil falls, the bell tolls, the black shawls, the carriage rolls   You, my whole world