Liedje van verlangen

Sing softly a song of longing
And sing it often, especially in wintertime
When you're caught in the cold and the blues
That longing you'll never shake off

Though India has been sung about so many times
The sun, the thousand shades of green
The scent of fruits and flowers
I long so much for the days of yore

Sing softly a song of longing
For long ago, it feels like an eternity
Oh, land of rice fields, gamelan, and palms
That longing you'll never shake off