I ask, when waking in the morning

Text by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856)
Translated into English by Joseph Massaad

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I ask, when waking in the morning:
Will my loved one come today?
I droop and lament in the evening,
Because, once more, she stayed away.

At night, with my anguish,
I remain plagued by sleeplessness;
Dreaming, during the day I languish,
Half awake with my distress.