Wearing robes of solemnity I am solitary I need to be alone Look at me My bony fingers wrapped in rags My eyes will see, if my spirit lives And love is withered Love is withered And love is withered And love is withered The wind shouts its commands The earth has stopped my ears I dare not raise my hand To hold the stones around my throat I have heard of your beauty These midnight wanderings And vain laments And love is withered Love is withered And love is withered And love is withered Pour upon me A sympathetic glance You will find me face down Let those days pass in sorrowful procession Among leafless groves May a leaf unfold I cry with rage To be remembered with pity Let the leaves unfold Where dead leaves have rotted Ask me what I suffer Years of fruitless clinging to enfeebled arms( I have heard of your beauty Pursue me, beckon me to cast the stones from my throat In the earth's dark entrails My my eyes will see If my spirit lives My senses stand erect This moment As you watch me, eyeless Observe a brutal face I need silence I am pursued and love is withered And would sacrifice my days My splendour has gone That wave of benevolent salute My glazed eyes close forever