lirik lagu laurence hope - the lament of yasmini, the dancing-girl
ah, what hast thou done with that lover of mine?
the lover who only cared for thee?
mine for a handful of nights, and thine
for the nights that are and the days to be
the scent of the champa lost its sweet~~
so sweet is was in the times that were!~~
since his alone, of the numerous feet
that climb my steps, have returned not there
ahi, yasmini, return not there!
art thou yet athrill at the touch of his hand
art thou still athirst for his waving hair?
nay, passion thou never couldst understand
life’s heights and depths thou wouldst never darе
the great things left thee untouchеd, unmoved
the lesser things had thy constant care
ah, what hast thou done with the lover i loved
who found me wanting, and thee so fair?
ahi, yasmini, he found her fair!
nay, nay, the greatest of all was thine;
the love of the one whom i craved for so
but much i doubt if thou couldst divine
the grace and glory of love, or know
the worth of the one whom thine arms embraced
i may misjudge thee, but who can tell?
so hard it is, for the one displaced
to weigh the worth of a rival’s spell
ahi, yasmini, thy rival’s spell!
and thou, whom i loved: have the seasons brought
that fair content, which allured thee so?
is it all that thy delicate fancy wrought?
yasmini wonders; she may not know
yet never the stars desert the sky
to fade away in the desolate dawn
but yasmini watches their glory die
and mourns for her own bright star withdrawn
ahi, yasmini, the lonely dawn!
ah, never the lingering gold dies down
in a sunset flare of resplendent light
and never the palm~tree’s feathery crown
uprears itself to the shadowy night
but yasmini thinks of those evenings past
when she prayed the glow of the glimmering west
to vanish quickly, that night, at last
might bring thee back to her waiting breast
ahi, yasmini, how sweet that rest!
yet i would not say that i always weep;
the force, that made such a desperate thing
of my love for thee, has not fallen asleep
the blood still leaps, and the senses sing
while other passion has oft availed
(other love~~ah, my one, forgive!~~)
to aid, when churus and opium failed;~~
i could not suffer so much and live
ahi, yasmini, who had to live!
nay, why should i say “forgive” to thee?
to whom my lovers and i are naught
who granted some passionate nights to me
then rose and left me with never a thought!
and yet, ah, yet, for those nights that were
thy passive limbs and thy loose loved hair
i would pay, as i _have_ paid, all these days
with the love that k!lls and the thought that slays
ahi, yasmini, thy youth it slays!
the youthful widow, with shaven hair
whose senses ache for the love of a man
the young priest, knowing that women are fair
who stems his longing as best he can
these suffer not as i suffer for thee;
for the soul desires what the senses crave
there will never be pleasure or peace for me
since he who wounded, alone could save
ahi, yasmini, he will not save!
the torchlight flares, and the lovers lean
towards yasmini, with yearning eyes
who dances, wondering what they mean
and gives cold kisses, and scant replies
they talk of love, she withholds the name,~~
(love came to her as a flame of fire!)
from things that are only a weary shame;
trivial vanity;~~light desire
ahi, yasmini, the light desire!
yasmini bends to the praise of men
and looks in the mirror, upon her hand
to curse the beauty that failed her then~~
ah, none of her lovers can understand!
how her whole life hung on that beauty’s power
the spell that waned at the final test
the charm that paled in the vital hour,~~
which won so many,~~yet lost the best!
ahi, yasmini, who lost the best!
she leaves the dancing to reach the roof
with the lover who claims the passing hour
her lips are his, but her eyes aloof
while the starlight falls in a silver shower
let him take what pleasure, what love, he may
he, too, will suffer e’er life be spent,~~
but yasmini’s soul has wandered away
to join the lover, who came,~~and went!
ahi, yasmini, he came,~~and went!
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