Through rose gardens, I wander free,
In promise-rooms, I dance with glee.
Wherever life's embrace I find,
I kiss its footprints, heart enshrined.
The tavern bloomed, the moon shone bright, I was not there.
A formless stupor held sway, I was not there.
The tavern bloomed, the moon shone bright, I was not there.
When love drew breath's last, you were not near,
When love drew breath's last, you were not near,
When love drew breath's last, you were not near.
And when death wept, I was not there.
And when death wept, I was not there.
A formless stupor held sway, I was not there.
The tavern bloomed, the moon shone bright, I was not there.
At the tavern's bend, where life slowed down,
At the tavern's bend, where life slowed down,
At the tavern's bend, where life slowed down,
At the tavern's bend, where life slowed down,
The thirst of ages, I was not there.
The thirst of ages, I was not there.
A formless stupor held sway, I was not there.
The tavern bloomed, the moon shone bright, I was not there.
I and the bud's deep, yearning plea,
I and the bud's deep, yearning plea,
I and the bud's deep, yearning plea,
The purity of longing, I was not there.
The purity of longing, I was not there.
A formless stupor held sway, I was not there.
The tavern bloomed, the moon shone bright, I was not there.
The tavern bloomed, the moon shone bright, I was not there.
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