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