Ikh hob dikh zi vil lib,
ikh trog oyf dir kayn khas,
ikh hob dikh zi vil lib,
zi zayn oyf dir in kas.

Vayl ikh hob dich zi vil lib,
zi zayn oyf dir gor beyz,
a nar ikh heysn, ikh veys,
ikh hob dikh lib.

Ikh volt mayn lebn avek gegebn (?avekgeyn?),
mayn harts un mayn neshome,
ikh bin krank, nor mayn gedank,
trakht nit fun nekome.

Vayl ikh hob dich zi vil lib,
zi zayn oyf dir gor beyz,
a nar ikh heysn, ikh veys,
ikh hob dikh lib.

I love you much too much *)
I've known it from the start
But yet my love is such
I can't control my heart.

I love you much too much
I ask myself what for
And darling when we touch
I love you more.

Perhaps I hold your heart too tightly
But who am I to say
If I should hold it lightly
It might slip away.

Ikh hob dikh zi vil lib,
ikh trog oyf dir kayn khas,
a nar ikh heysn, ikh veys,
ikh hob dikh lib.

*) this is not a translation from Yiddish