Speak low when you speak, love
Our summer day
Withers away
Too soon, too soon

Speak low when you speak, love
Our moment is swift
Like ships adrift
We're swept apart too soon

Speak low, darling, speak low
Love is a spark
Lost in the dark
Too soon, too soon

I feel wherever I go
That tomorrow is near
Tomorrow is here
And always too soon

Time is so old
And love so brief
Love is pure gold
And time, a thief

We're late, darling, we're late
The curtain descends
Everything ends
Too soon, too soon

I wait, darling, I wait
Will you speak low to me?
Speak love to me and soon