Through sunken cities, blameless
Strangers now but trust renewed
Silence decades long, retreating
We'll laugh as though each joke was new
in the ruins finding treasures
Lost when life was rent in two
As the courtesan of deluge
I was hangman with a smile;
now no comforts can engage me
or sleep bring silence to my mind
Losing count of all the failures
The early graves and Judas-hounds
Soon the waiting will be over
and dead and living stand one ground
All reliving will be over
and restless peace at last be found
Strangers now but trust renewed
Silence decades long, retreating
We'll laugh as though each joke was new
in the ruins finding treasures
Lost when life was rent in two
As the courtesan of deluge
I was hangman with a smile;
now no comforts can engage me
or sleep bring silence to my mind
Losing count of all the failures
The early graves and Judas-hounds
Soon the waiting will be over
and dead and living stand one ground
All reliving will be over
and restless peace at last be found