When the day is laid at rest

A parade of memories

Begins of his own behest

Awn and awn, it goes

Then she arrives, the one shining all so bright

Your sweet torment

Your painful delight

Arm in arm you twirl around

Silently – no whisper, no sound

No music to guide you

Your heartbeats attune

Lost yet again in the twinkle of her eyes

Her shy smile brings down your disguise

That infinite longing spreads again

You reach back where you originally began

All it takes is a night

A sweet torment

A painful delight

The fair maiden you see everyday

Love you not her

She’s just a shadow of the original play

The one you love materializes at the end of the day

The one who lives miles afar

Yet reaches you from a foot away

A silent presence in your heart, she stays

Until the light leaves, then

Through your mind, she makes her way

‘Hey, tell me how was your day?’

A sweet torment

A painful delight

A thrashing, wild wave

Under the influence of the night

Bound to the shores, pining for the moon

Come the morning, come the light

The upsurge subsides

She withdraws – and you

You go back to your disguise

Your sweet torment

Your painful delight!