erse 1)
Last night I passed beside your gate, my girl, but you were gone,
My trembling heart began to break, I cried there all alone. (x2)
And tears kept falling from my eyes, (x2)
Like rain before the dawn. (x2)
(Verse 2)
Cut your golden hair, my love,
Make a ladder I can climb,
So I can see your pretty face, (x2)
And your white neck so divine. (x2)
(Verse 3)
Tell me truly, tell me now,
Do you love me, do you lie?
Or are you only playing games, (x2)
Just to let the time go by? (x2)
(Verse 4)
Ah, if only I could know,
Are you Turkish, Greek, or fair?
Or a lovely Macedonian girl, (x2)
Too beautiful beyond compare.