Abbey in IonaIn an abbey in IonaAbbey in Iona
Shut behind stone walls,
tracing my own footsteps,
Back, forth inside the halls.
In an abbey in Iona,
Life's not created,
Genesis has not begun
And isn't even fated.
In an abbey in Iona
The rooms are windy, bare,
And I bleed every time I touch
The rose trees growing here.
In an abbey in Iona,
Forget what I recall,
Toss my memories to the tidal,
Avoiding heavens tall.
In an abbey in Iona,
With grass beneath my skirts,
The wind that rocks me into sleep
And swallows a
In London TownYou'd got her fainting, pale and white,In London Town
Her corset knotted nice and tight.
In buttoned boots and airborne hats,
In London town among the rats.
I don't suppose you wanted her,
A girl in swishing skirts and fur,
To loose the girl with ruby gems,
You'll have to throw her in the Themes.
A widower you then shall be,
When she drifts slowly off to sea,
No more the sound that shook your bones:
Her heels upon the London stones.
Just throw away the clothes she wore,
Because for you, it's "less is more",
Perhaps, when she is gone, you'l
Linjene i min haandHviskingen i trærneLinjene i min haand
Er med meg i alle ting,
Når jeg har brutt min bane
Og atter går i ring.
Vindens sus i greinene
Synger stille: "Bli!
Glem ikke at du elsker meg
Når ditt liv er forbi.
Jeg var den som voktet,
Livlig, fri og sterk,
Den evighet som grenser
Til ditt skaperverk."
Har dratt uten avskjed,
Kuttet alle mine bånd,
Jeg går frem og tilbake
På linjene i min hånd.
The Lady of HiberniaThe Lady of HiberniaThe Lady of Hibernia
Was known in all the isle,
The bards sang stories of her eyes,
Her beauty and the guile.
In the springtime of the year,
The Lady at her loom,
In her father's castle,
She sat musing in her room.
From the Lady's window
She could the courtyard view,
She saw at once the man
Which there came riding through.
Scarred from many battles,
Handsome yet unhealed,
A knight from epic verses
With the dragon on his shield.
He promised her a garden
With roses at the core,
A lifeline full
Bye!
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