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, 
ev'rything ends 
too soon, too soon
I wait, darling, I wait
Will you speak low to me, 
speak love to me and soon.