Sweet Endings Come and Go, Love

by George Eliot

　　La noche buena se va,

　　Y nosotros nos iremos

　　Y no volveremos mas."

　　~ Old Villancico.

　　Sweet evenings come and go, love,

　　They came and went of yore:

　　This evening of our life, love,

　　Shall go and come no more.

　　When we have passed away, love,

　　All things will keep their name;

　　But yet no life on earth, love,

　　With ours will be the same.

　　The daisies will be there, love,

　　The stars in heaven will shine:

　　I shall not feel thy wish, love,

　　Nor thou my hand in thine.

　　A better time will come, love,

　　And better souls be born:

　　I would not be the best, love,

　　To leave thee now forlorn.

　　"La noche buena se viene,

　　La noche buena se va,

　　Y nosotros nos iremos

　　Y no volveremos mas."

　　~ Old Villancico.

　　Sweet evenings come and go, love,

　　They came and went of yore:

　　This evening of our life, love,

　　Shall go and come no more.

　　When we have passed away, love,

　　All things will keep their name;

　　But yet no life on earth, love,

　　With ours will be the same.

　　The daisies will be there, love,

　　The stars in heaven will shine:

　　I shall not feel thy wish, love,

　　Nor thou my hand in thine.

　　A better time will come, love,

　　And better souls be born:

　　I would not be the best, love,

　　To leave thee now forlorn.