Alone upon the housetops to the North I turn and watch the lightning in the sky, The glamour of thy footsteps in the North. Come back to me, Beloved, or I die! Below my feet the still bazar is laid, Far, far below the weary camels lie, The camels and the captives of thy raid. Come back, Beloved, or I die! My father's wife is old and harsh with years, And drudge of all my father's house am I. My bread is sorrow and my drink is tears. Come back to me, Beloved, or I die!
Memory Songs
Song Cycle by Tod B. Galloway
?. Alone upon the housetops to the North [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936), "The love song of Har Dyal", appears in Plain Tales from the Hills, first published 1888
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