Clouds traveling the winters Since you've sown a tiny seed At riverside that day Then lay upon the dark waves Stream carried you away... Slough then released the burgeon That I never hoped to see A fortune left to take A willow grown of your will Seem' you did not forsake...
Waters, may you travel near Bring news from far of my dear Until then I shall sleep in willow's womb A baby in the tomb Clouds traveling the winters And I no longer care You're gone all the same... Leaves caressing the dark waves The willow is my name