Sing, My Nightingale

Sing, my nightingale, sing for me again Sing from your bramble tree Sing, my nightingale, sing and it will rain Earth is melancholy And brown, brown, brown, the frost Has burned everything down Change comes so callously and cost More than green or barren ground Sing, my nightingale, sing Do not ever fly away I am only mortal clay Sing, my nightingale, sing Love is the only truth I trust Nothing endures the spinning crust Sing, my nightingale, sing Drunk me with your delicious songs For love alone my body longs Sing, my nightingales, sing The frost has left nothing green But my faith keeps its silver sheen Sing, O nightingale, sing