I do not know who opened the window
Or who had let you fly away at dawn
I just remember that I saw your shadow
Reflected on the other side of the lawn
I could not ask you where you were flying
Or what dreams you saw on a silver cloud
I could only look at the sky in wonder
And watch the sun beams multiplying
I did not know your name or speak out loud
But stood in silence as if shocked by thunder
Since then, I have wandered like a stranger
I have confused reality with dream
I was incapable of feeling anger
And longed to blend with the power supreme
I did not know what paradise island
You had flown to on your sunlit trail
Or to what midnight stars you had prayed
Unseen in the sunset bliss of the highlands
I could not quite see your features frail
Or hear the golden harp you must have played
I do not know where you will travel now
What tragic stories you are meant to hear
Where you intend to play your harp or how
There where people are still enslaved by fear
Or in the midst of glowing happy faces
That smile and love and bless the newborn day
You did not tell me if you will return
Yet I promise not to erase the traces
Left by your winglike feet in their delay
And will wait till you come back from your sojourn
Your golden wings have glistened in the sunlight
Your slender hands have touched the windowsill
Your sky-blue eyes have smiled at my delight
When I saw your shadow in the morning chill
I do not know your name or how you came here
So let me call you an angel of my dream
An angel who sings about those who cry
And wipes the traces of their bitter tears
Who in his glowing hands catches a sunbeam
Who helps those who stumble and those who try
You have chased away my fears and worries
You have helped my heart remember how to sing
I walked down streets and heard so many stories
About those who lose and those who win
Your jingling laughter flung my heart wide open
Your lovely song has taught my ears to hear
I learned to love the sunshine and the rain
I understood why human hearts are broken
Why people are too often gripped by fear
And how they long to free themselves from pain
You shimmered with the promise of tomorrow
You have helped my winged heart sing like a lark
You have erased traces of human sorrow
On faces and made hearts glow in the dark
I saw people’s eyes shine with happiness
Then I heard them remember brighter days
I understood what my heart prayed and searched for
After you had set me free from loneliness
And when my soul soared in the sun’s golden rays
I thrilled to hear your song’s forgotten lore
I know not what is your lonely mission
Or what song you hummed perched on the window
I simply feel that no earthly position
Can teach the heart to bask in starlight glow
I will never forget your heavenly smile
And the dreams you saw on clouds of silver
While my soul shines with gratitude, I know
That I have to let you fly your sunlit mile
And wait for your return to fields of clover
When once again I could glimpse your wings of snow