Strophe

 1 1|         your eyes would ache:~The forest would your soul so merry
 2 1|       glows!~With every scent the forest woos your nose~And lively
 3 2|       scents you come across.~The forest like a living creature breathes:~
 4 2|          our hearts.~How fine are forest sounds, not only scents!~
 5 2|      sounds, not only scents!~The forest hums, resounds with eloquence,~
 6 2|      dew-laden, earthward bow~The forest wakens, night-time silence
 7 2|        marten rummages about…~The forest creatures are all up and
 8 3|           when beauteous calm~The forest breathed, our hearts to
 9 3|  afterwards our lungs breathe the forest air,~Our breast as gently
10 4|          was decayed.~In turn the forest soothed and gave delight,~
11 4|           will reel and fall.~The forest pitied them, dew tears it
12 4|       dissolution sank.~And so no forest did our fathers find, ~Yet
13 4|         for Lithuanian souls~Whom forest beauty nurtures and consoles~
14 4| generation from old songs ~Learns forest lore and for a forest longs.~
15 4|      Learns forest lore and for a forest longs.~Our folksong from
16 4|       That force which gnawed the forest for so long~Assailing heart