The Elder Songtext

von Muireadach

The sun warmed my soul once upon a spring,
When the bluest sky blessed my every day,
When the flowers bloomed, when you were my king,
And each step I took did follow your way.

In those glorious moments I grew in my garden,
Among my own dreams and the joy that you brought,
Perfumed stars of jasmine, roses, lilies, violets,
And magical pansies, to celebrate love.

Then, a day of summer, suddenly... you left!
Whispers, hopes and petals, as you walked, were gone.
Of my thousand flowers, only one I kept,
The rest of the garden became in hawthorn.

Goodbye my beloved, I bid farewell
Hoping that... to you... life will be less bitter
I give you my word, within me you'll dwell,
And I'll think of your smile while I sail death's river.

Caressing the rosebud that remained alive,
I went through my hours awaiting for you.
But this rose's fate was, indeed, to die,
Wrinkled as my heart, in spite of its youth.

Autumn passed me by, winter's reign is blowing,
The crying wind screams is the end of my time.
As the leaves are falling, increases my longing
For the one I loved, who's no longer mine.

The dried little rosebud with both arms I'm holding
As a poor replacement of your sweet embrace.
Now, I meet my end singing like those mornings,
When the sun was brighter if I saw your face.
Goodbye my beloved, I bid farewell
Hoping that... to you... life will be less bitter
I give you my word, within me you'll dwell,
And I'll think of your smile while I sail death's river.
The dried little rosebud with both arms I'm holding
As a poor replacement of your sweet embrace.
Now, I meet my end singing like those mornings,
When the sun was brighter if I saw your face.
Goodbye my beloved, I bid farewell
Hoping that... to you... life will be less bitter
I give you my word, within me you'll dwell,
And I'll think of your smile while I sail death's river.