Translation.
Softly ring, and through me spring
The sweetest tones to-day;
Gently ring, small song of spring,
Ring out, and far away.
Ring and roam, into the home,
Where violets you see,
And when unto a rose you come,
Oh, greet that rose from me.
The translation is by Sir Theodore Martin, whose versions of many of Heine's poems and songs are generally considered to be specially good, but it cannot truly be said that in either of these two renderings is there much more than the pale reflection of the charm of the original.