We tried to speak in words we thought we knew,  
But every phrase began to twist and bend,  
In silence, what we meant could not break through.  

I said "I love you," sure that it was true,  
Yet in your eyes, the meaning found no end,  
We tried to speak in words we thought we knew.  

A pause, a breath, then something new,  
Your answer, shifting like the wind,  
In silence, what we meant could not break through.  

A single word, then two, and more askew,  
Confusing paths that neither could amend,  
Ni provis paroli, sed ne sciis kiel,  
We tried to speak in words we thought we knew.  

Until our tongues were tangled, lost. Parolu  
Kaj la signifo diseriĝis denove,  
In silence, what we meant could not break through.  

La vortoj falis,  
ne povis resti.  
We tried to speak,  
meanings could not mend,  
Kaj ni restis mutaj,  
en malplena ĉambro.  
In silence,  
what we meant  
ne povis
break
through