Young Love - Юная любовь

I wrote his name along the beach,

I love the letters so.

Far up it seemed and out of reach,

For still the tide was low.

Я вывела на песке

его имя -

Подальше от берега,

от прилива.

But oh, the sea came creeping up,

And washed the name away,

And on the sand where it had been

A bit of sea-grass lay.

Но на мокром песке вместо имени -

Немного морской травы,

Прядь с русалочьей головы.

A bit of sea-grass on the sand,

Dropped from a mermaid's hair --

Ah, had she come to kiss his name

And leave a token there?

Русалка сюда приходила

И в знак любви поцелуем

Имя любимого смыла?