Without You, My Love (Satis Shroff, Freiburg) Poem by Satis Shroff

Without you, my love,
Life is nothing
Only the silence,
Die Stille.

Without you
I cannot enjoy
The flowers in the garden.

Without you
There’s no joy
In this world.

Without you,
A success or victory
Is nothing.

Without you
I’m dumbfounded
For it is your countenance,
Your sparkling azure eyes
Your sympathetic smile
That make me speak.

Only then do my words
Have a meaning.

Without you
I speak only
With myself,
Or with our small Florentin.
Little Flori longs for you,
And so do I.

You are the queen of our hearts,
Our Mama,
Our Seelenstück,
Who loves us
And now needs repose.

So relax.
Be happy and contented
With the other children.
It’s true that we all need you
And love you,
The way you love us
Without bounds.

Glossary:
Die Stille: silence
Seelenstück: soul