Oh, the loveliest of
all the daughters of beauty.
Oh, how your sweet voice
does ever and ever enchant me
and hold me forever captive
and enchained
in chains of passion like a holy fire.
Oh, I reject my foolish pride
and lay all that I am
at your feet.
Oh, if you reject me
on that day I shall die.
Oh, I adore you.
I adore you!
Oh, how I adore you!
Oh, my poor helpless heart
as helpless as a new born babe
and as gentle as a dove.
Oh, your voice is like music
like the sound of dancing waters
upon a sacred river
as it falls through
space and time.
Oh, your touch!
as soft and gentle
as the early morning mist.
Oh, how I find my life in you
as though your very heart
beats the blood
that flows through my veins.
Oh, without you
my memories would be
but pain and sorrow
even though they were ever so happy
for I would see your face
but as a haunting phantom
that would say, "Oh, how you loved her.
And now she is gone from you evermore!"
and I could only sit and weep
and die in an unearthly pain
as hot and relentless
as the everlasting fires of hell.
Oh, you are an everlasting song in my heart.
Oh, I walk through the valley of bones
and tell the spirits of olde
of such a fair angel
that ever came to earth.
Oh, I fear your holy heart
so bright and lovely
like a last judgement!
for where your love is not
there is only dry death
and upon that which your heart resides
lives forever and evermore.
Oh, how I stumble!
Over every word.
and my fingers grow numb.
Oh, how can I find the words
that only reside in the mind of God
to tell you of this endless love.
Oh, a thing
no mortal heart can hold
and I am left along
with this deep longing
that no mortal tongue can tell
and can only plead
that you will look down
upon this poor sad creature
and have mercy for the love
and desperate longing
forever in my heart.