English poem
Passamaquoddy Love Song
by Charles Godfrey Leland (1824–1903)
Anigowanotenû! Oft these lonely days thou look’st On beauteous river and down shining stream. Oft thou look’st and sighest deep, Anigowanotenû!
With me thy lover by thy side How fair that stream did bubble on! How lovely was the silver moon! Thy heart now tells thee of that joy. E’en unto death I think of thee. Anigowanotenû!
Oft these lonely days thou look’st On beauteous river and down shining stream. Oft thou look’st and sighest deep. Anigowanotenû!
When we in birch canoe did glide Together on that glistening lake, How fair the hills and how we watched The red leaves whirling in the breeze. Anigowanotenû!
Anigowanotenû! We’ll rove once more in bark canoe And watch the green leaves swirl on high When spring smiles on the mountain tops. Anigowanotenû! Oft these lonely days thou look’st On beauteous river and down shining stream. Oft thou look’st and sighest deep. Anigowanotenû! P.