Classic Poem

Ich steh' auf des Berges Spitze

I stand on the mountain's summit
Emotional and absurd.
Sighing these maudlin verses:
" Would that I were a bird! "

Oh if I were a swallow
I'd fly to you for rest,
And, underneath your window,
I'd build my little nest.

And if I were, oh dearest,
A splendid nightingale,
All night you'd hear me singing
From many a verdant vale.

And if I were a jay-bird
My hopes to you I'd raise;
For you are kind to jay-birds
And to the woes of jays!