All is silent in the home we’ve made
Apart from the muffled sobs we trade
You’ve left me love, ne’er to return
You’ve left me love, your body for them to burn

I can recall the day you rode out, proud and strong
But your time to live would not be long
You rode from the city, far away
But into your troubled heart a sword they plunged, there to stay

The children are saying, “When will Papa come home?”
But I’ve nothing to tell them, for now in heaven your body does roam
You’ve left me love, ne’er to return
You’ve left me love, your body for them to burn

But now I will see you no more, for you are gone
I shall never feel the warmth of your lips at dawn
The house is lonely, the house is cold
To the gods your soul has been sold

The walls of the city you died for are now ablaze
The citizens are screaming in a craze
You’ve left me love, ne’er to return
You’ve left me love, your body for them to burn

I suppose I will go on, but never be the same
Now I cannot tell who to trust, or who to blame
So, Love, look upon me now
And don’t forget our wedding vow

You have disappeared; there is nothing for me to do
Apart from walk up to heaven, and be with you
I suppose I must face death with courage and pride
So now I go, now I can say I have died

There is no hope, this is the end
My life now has started to bend
You’ve left me love, ne’er to return
But now I join you in heaven, both our bodies to burn