Do not leave me.
We have to forget
all that can be forgotten,
that which has already passed:
to forget the times
of misunderstandings,
to forget the hours
that sometimes killed
the happiness of heart
each jab asking "why?".
(Just) don't leave me.
Don't leave me...
Do not leave me.
I could give you
pearls of the showers
that have come from lands
where it never rains.
I would dig the earth,
even after my death,
to cover your body
with gold and light.
I will make a world
where love will be king,
where love is the ruling law,
where you will be queen.
(Just) don't leave me.
Don't leave me...
Don't leave me.
I would invent
nonsensical words
that you will understand.
I will speak of these past lovers
who have twice seen
their hearts set on fire.
I will tell you the tale
of this king,
dead from never having
been able to meet you.
(Just) don't leave me.
Don't leave me...
Don't leave me.
One has often seen
spurts of fire
from an old volcano
once thought to be too old.
They even say that
burned lands yield more wheat
than the best April.
And when the evening comes,
in order for the sky to blaze,
the red and the black,
do they not marry together?
Don't leave me.
Don't leave me...
Don't leave me.
I don't want to cry anymore.
I don't want to talk anymore.
I will hide over there
to watch you
dance and smile,
and to hear you
sing and then laugh.
Let me become
the shadow of your shadow,
the shadow of your hand,
(even just) the shadow of your dog.
(Just) don't leave me.
Don't leave me...