Don't Leave Me

Don't leave me.

We must forget

all that can be forgotten,

that already has passed away.

Forget the times

of misunderstandings,

and the times lost

trying to know how

Forget those hours

which sometimes killed

in attacks of "whys"

the heart of happiness.

Don't leave me.

Don't leave me.

Don't leave me.

Don't leave me.

I'll cover you

with pearls of rain

from countries

where it never rains.

I will dig the earth

until my death

to cover your body

with gold and lights.

I will make a land,

where love will be king,

where love will be law,

and you my queen.

Don't leave me.

Don't leave me.

Don't leave me.

Don't leave me.

Do not leave me.

I'll make up

crazy words

that you'll understand.

I'll tell you

about the lovers

who have twice seen

their hearts catch fire.

I'll tell you

the story of this king

who died from not

being able to meet you.

Don't leave me.

Don't leave me.

Don't leave me.

Don't leave me.

We often see

the fire erupt

from the ancient volcano

we once thought too old

It is shown that

lands that were burned

gave more wheat

than the best April.

And when the evening comes

with the sky blazing

-- the red and the black --

which doesn't blend.

Don't leave me.

Don't leave me.

Don't leave me.

Don't leave me.

Don't leave me.

I won't cry anymore

I won't talk anymore

I will hide there.

To watch you

dance and smile

and to hear you

sing and then laugh.

Let me become

the shadow of your shadow,

the shadow of your hand,

the shadow of your dog.

Don't leave me.

Don't leave me.

Don't leave me.

Don't leave me.

-Nina Simone