Oh, I have dreamed a dream
and in that dream
You were not by my side
and I was so sad.
Oh, my heart sank
and it was as though
all the world had died.
Oh, how my life was a waking nightmare!
Oh, I searched this world
from pole to pole
searching and searching for you
through a sea of strangers
and finding disappointment in every face.
Oh, how heartache had stricken me to death.
I laid down in the wilderness
but to wither and die.
Closing my eyes to await my death
I did tell myself, no more
Oh, no more my hollow life
no more these myriad forms of this empty world
that pretend to be beautiful
but never are without you.
No more breath!
Be stilled oh you my sad beating heart
for now you only bring me such pain
and prolong my hopelessness
in my hopeless world.
Oh, world be no more!!
Oh, as I lay in a half sleep
of sorrow and coming death
it seemed as though a butterfly rested upon my lips
and tickled them
as she walked about with her tiny feet.
Then I awoke as your fingertips were caressing my lips.
Oh, I awakened from my living death
to gaze upon your bright and lovely face.
Oh,what joy I felt!!
As a redeemed soul
who walks through the gates of heaven.
Oh, you are life,
and my life is in you,
and all my life belongs to you.
Oh, you are like a precious flower
that blooms upon a hillside in heaven
as you sway to a gentle breeze
as your fragrance fills the air.
oh, I am the dew that kisses your petals
and pledges my love to you.
that no man, nor power, nor government,
nor demon in the underworld
can take away all my love for you.
and though the days and years
were to pass like a quickly spinning wheel
you shall forever remain a part of me.
And for as long as time and eternity shall last.