Ik heb je lief

I see her standing silent there,
A blond haired maid with skin so bare,
She stands there with her back to me...
And calls me spellbound from the sea.

Her beauty stills the pounding waves,
Marauds the clouds and sunlight saves.
The sun like diamonds on her skin...
Holds me fast, her power, within.

Glistens the stone on which she stands,
Wet and shiny, spotless of sand...
And from out the corner of my eye,
spy a swan go swimming by.

He looks at me as if to say:
"No time shall pass, nor end this day,
For no end, can e'er occur,
To perfect moments spent with her..."

She turns around, and eyes of green,
Notice me and are cast down,
Look again, so pretty one,
Your face drenched in the setting sun.

Softened, sleek and golden dove,
Of fire and water, of light and love,
My heart is soulstruck with your rays,
I stand enchanted, sincerely dazed.

I whisper gently in her ear:
"My love, I wish to hold you near..."
She turns to me, with face aglow,
Opens her eyes and says, "I know."