What useless words are these,
could I but speak one single phrase
in all the heavens and the earth
to tell how deep the pain
and sweet the fragrance of my love for you
my love.

What useless voice is this,
no string of uttered sounds
could tell the beauty
you have seeded in my heart
grown to roses now and thorns
my love.

What useless waves of ecstasy
cause my flesh to quiver on my bones,
I have no love for love that feeds delight
in me, take everything I own away
and then take me, leave you, and only you
my love, my love, my love.