Searching

Ballad

I have climbed many mountains and sailed every sea

The maid in my vision I wanted to see

I’ve travelled through highways

And walked narrow trails

I searched far and wide over meadow and stream

I never could find the young maid in my dream

 

O maiden, fair maiden, pray show me your face

Your smile I behold and, I crave your embrace

O maiden, fair maiden, pray give me your heart

I can’t think of living, if we are apart

 

I’ve seen crowds in the cities

In the millions I deem

In search of the maiden I saw in my dream

I saw many faces, but none was a match

I felt so unhappy, I wanted to scream

I need to encounter the maid in my dream

 

O maiden, fair maiden, pray show me your face

Your smile I behold and, I yearn your embrace

O maiden, fair maiden, pray give me your heart

I can’t think of living, if we are apart

 

I’m back in my hometown

My heart’s not with me

The maid in my vision I still want to see

One day in my garden, a maiden I met

We looked at each other, our glance was a beam

And here’s what she said, the young maid of my dream

 

O gallant, knight valiant, how far have you been

I’ve travelled the world but you couldn’t be seen

For you I’ve been searching, your face couldn’t find

Now you’re so close as you were in my mind

 

I need not cross mountains

Or sail every sea

The fount of my dream may be closer to me

I need not be searching so far and so wide

Or seeking the answer to what cannot be

What lies in my dream can be found within me