Oh, mylord, you never returned
   I was waiting for you my love
  
   You told me to see
   the scarlet leaves, the scarlet leaves
   when they had fallen on the earth
   you would have returned
   you would have returned
  
   Oh mylord, now I'm laying on the ground
   I'm still waiting for you, my love
   Oh mylord, now I'm laying on the cold ground
   and I'm still waiting for you, my love
  
   Now I fell the scarlet leaves
   flying over me, flying over me
   please, please, come to me
   and spread my ashes among scarlet leaves
  
   I would like to flutter with them
   I would like to have wings
   I would like to feel breeze and air
   I would like to be wind
  
   Seasons have passed and I'm still alone
   in the breeze in the snow, my love
  
   With the eyes of my soul
   I will nevermore
   see scarlet leaves
   the feeble eyes of my soul
   now they are closed
   I will never return
  
   Oh, mylord, now that you've returned
   I'll never return