| Wenn mir ihre beiden Namen | When both of your names |
| Wenn mir ihre beiden Namen | When both of your names |
| Kommen in den Mund, | come into my mouth, |
| Ists alsob sie selber kamen | it's as if you yourselves came |
| In des Herzens Grund; | into the land of my heart; |
| Alsob sie nicht drinnen | as if ye not inside |
| Und in allen Sinnen | and in all senses |
| Wären jede Stund', | were every hour, |
| Ohne je zu gehn von hinnen. | without ever having gone away. |
| Wenn ich ihre Namen tönen | When I the sound of your names |
| Hör' in meinem Ohr, | hear in my ears, |
| Ist es mir, als ob die Schönen | it's to me, as if beauty |
| Ich nun erst verlor, | is for the first time lost, |
| Alsob sie geboren | as if you born |
| Würden in den Ohren, | were in the ears, |
| Und durchs Augenthor | and through the gates of the eyes |
| Gleich in Thränen neu verloren. | now in tears are lost anew. |