Shall I see her face again – the pale face and the glorious hair (увижу ли я ее лицо снова – бледное лицо и чудесные волосы)? Of that I know nothing (об этом я ничего не знаю); Fate has no hint, my heart no presentiment (у Судьбы нет намеков, у моего сердца – предчувствий). I do not know (я не знаю). In this world, perhaps – nay, it is likely – never (на этом свете, возможно – нет, вероятно – никогда). And can it be that somewhere, in a manner (а может, случится так, что где-то каким-то образом) whereof our flesh-bound minds have no apprehension (о котором наш ограниченный: «связанный» телом разум /даже/ не имеет представления;
There are moments when I dare not think of it, but there are others when I rise in spirit to where she ever dwells; then I can thank God that I love the noblest lady in the world, the most gracious and beautiful, and that there was nothing in my love that made her fall short in her high duty.
Shall I see her face again – the pale face and the glorious hair? Of that I know nothing; Fate has no hint, my heart no presentiment. I do not know. In this world, perhaps – nay, it is likely – never. And can it be that somewhere, in a manner whereof our flesh-bound minds have no apprehension, she and I will be together again, with nothing to come between us, nothing to forbid our love? That I know not, nor wiser heads than mine. But if it be never – if I can never hold sweet converse again with her, or look upon her face, or know from her her love; why, then, this side the grave, I will live as becomes the man whom she loves; and, for the other side, I must pray a dreamless sleep.