Palm Sunday : Naples

Because it is the day of Palms

Carry a palm for me,

Carry a palm in Santa Chiara

And I will watch the sea.

[ There are no palms in Santa Chiara

To-day or any day for me.]

I sit and watch the little sail

Lean side-ways on the sea,

The sea is blue from here to Sorrento

And the sea-wind comes to me

And I see the white clouds lift from Sorrento

And the dark sail lean upon the sea.

I have grown tired of all these things,

And what is left for me?

I have no place in Santa Chiara

There is no peace upon the sea.

But carry a palm in Santa Chiara,

Carry a palm for me.