Flying through the garden

Garden of the roses

And the silver poplars

I can see a bird

It is the bird of sorrow

I hear the bird of sorrow

Singing of the long lost

Land of faraway

And my heart is trembling

Then I hear my father say

Mio my Mio

High above the garden

Garden of the roses

I can see a big bird

Making for the sky

It is the bird of sorrow

Singing about tomorrow

I must leave the garden

I must go away

And my heart is trembling

Then I hear my father say

Mio my Mio

Mio my Mio