Lament, dear heart, lament
As months turn into years, lament.
Lament of days unspent
Sweet lament and tears.

Don't cry, dear heart, I vow
Don't cry, dear heart, I pray
Don't guide your cry to habit now,
You'll have to laugh someday.

Lament, dear heart, lament.
Your lament is blessed, tis true.
A heart laments a far for thee
So it's not only you.


Joseph Vosbikian