Farewell to my childhood, adieu land of dreams
And you heroes and comrades, I bid you farewell
For I'm bidden to marry, and I shall do so;
For the unicorns won't come to visit me now

Farewell endless summers, from you I must part
I have gathered you always to hold in my heart
And no treasure bestowed by a husband's fond will
Shall compare with the memories with which my heart's filled

Of the country of marriage I this understand
It's a long way from childhood to the exiles who land
And it's no place for dreaming from what I've heard tell
Must I lay down my arms, and my dreaming as well?

That no unicorn loved me was the hardest to bear
They are warned from approach now, by the gold band I wear
Oh, I'll wish for a daughter and it may well be
That the unicorns love her as they never loved me

For if it's true, as they say, that the unicorns sing
They are warned now from approach now, by my bright golden ring
Oh, I'll wish for a daughter and send her to see
And perhaps she will find them, and perhaps she'll tell me

Farewell to my childhood, adieu land of dreams
And you sweet summer mornings, I bid you farewell
For I'm bidden to marry and sealed to my fate
If the unicorn comes for me now, it's too late…