What noble legacy remains your gift for us to hear,
O how profoundly it transforms cold sadness into joy
When sweet and wondrous sounds begin to touch the ear;
Changing woman into a smiling girl, man to boy.
Quickly enchanting notes ascend on fiery wings,
Banishing dark spirits and happily the dormant strings
Of heart sounds commence anew their leaping ageless play
Evoking dear memories of a long thought exiled day,
Before love so good but could not last sought to depart
Forever wounding in its brush this mortal's heart.