A song of life
Francesco Paolo Tosti
A whisper at parting,
A word in a dream;
A sigh in the starlight,
A leaf on the stream...
A face that is anguished,
A cheek that is wet;
One will stay and remember,
One will go... one will go and forget!
A song that is over,
A dream that is done;
A heart that is broken,
A heav'n never won;
A flower that has faded,
A sun that is set;
One will stay and remember,
One will go,... one will go and forget!
A life that is ended,
A sleep and a rest,
Two little hands folded,
On a calm little breast;
An earth that is lonely,
A long, long regret...
One is left to remember...
One has gone, one has gone to forget.