Song of the Watchman

Darius Milhaud

Halt! Who goes there? Sad watchman,

poor sentinel, I move through the night.

Sleep flees from me.

Am I then made of iron?

All sleep and rest in peace,

forgetting the day's troubles.

I alone search in vain for rest on the stones.

I, I alone, I search in vain for rest on the stones.

Halt! Who goes there?