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...