Maelon
Waves are breaking along the shore
– cold, cold my rememb’ring –
Never I’ll see her nor touch her more
– cold now and lonely my bed.
– cold, cold my rememb’ring –
Never I’ll see her nor touch her more
– cold now and lonely my bed.
Waves are breaking across the bar
– cold, cold my dissembling –
Safe she lives now on her island afar
– cold are my hopes that are fled.
– cold, cold my dissembling –
Safe she lives now on her island afar
– cold are my hopes that are fled.
Waves are breaking upon the rock
– cold, cold my rememb’ring –
Cruel was my vengeance, bitter her shock
– cold is a passion that’s dead.
– cold, cold my rememb’ring –
Cruel was my vengeance, bitter her shock
– cold is a passion that’s dead.
Waves are breaking upon the sand
– cold, cold my dissembling –
I live alone in a populous land
– cold is the penance I’ve bred.
– cold, cold my dissembling –
I live alone in a populous land
– cold is the penance I’ve bred.
Waves are breaking upon the sod
– cold, cold my rememb’ring –
Dwynwen my love lives married to God
– I lie alone and unwed –
Cold now and lonely my bed.
– cold, cold my rememb’ring –
Dwynwen my love lives married to God
– I lie alone and unwed –
Cold now and lonely my bed.
(from "King Arthur's Raid on Hell and other poems", (c) 2007 G. R. Grove)
