WRAPT IN LIGHT song lyrics
by Joel Sattler

[based on a translation of the second poem
of 20 LOVE POEMS by Pablo Neruda]

you wrapt in light mortal flame
pale you mourn just so just so
against propellers of the dusk
that spin around you go

mute my friend my friend my friend
alone in the hour of the dead
the life of fire at the end
child of the day demolished

my lover wrapt in light
taking all the white within her
lover wrapt in light
this is only right

the sun drops bright on your dark dress
the great roots of the night
grow sudden from your soul
what's hidden in you comes to light
so that the blue and sallow town
born of you takes you down

oh grand and fertile magnet slave
circled black and gold come after
rise and shine creation make
so strong the flowers wilt in sadness

my lover wrapt in light
taking all the white within her
lover wrapt in light
this is only right

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