From the Portuguese. Song: If thou art sleeping, maiden. Translations. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 1893. Complete Poetical Works

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882). Complete Poetical Works. 1893.

Translations

From the Portuguese.
Song: If thou art sleeping, maiden


By Gil Vicente IF thou art sleeping, maiden,
Awake, and open thy door.
’T is the break of day, and we must away,
O’er meadow, and mount, and moor.

Wait not to find thy slippers,	5
But come with thy naked feet:
We shall have to pass through the dewy grass,
And waters wide and fleet.