[1]
goodbye, dear
mountains
my wise mentors of
so long
i’ll always
remember you
in my dreams and
in my songs
oh how i’ve grown
up in your very lap
how much i have
learned from you
patience and
strength, and wisdom
agelessly ancient,
yet eternally new
and though i must
leave now, and never again return
no matter where i go,
no matter where i roam
my soul will always
soar over your peaks
that will forever
be my home
your meadows will
always be my bed
wherever i may lie asleep
and it’s your
streams that i shall walk along
in all my yearnful
dreams
goodbye, mighty
mountains
watch over my home
for me
i’ll keep you
always in my mind
and my heart is
yours to keep
[2]
goodbye, dear
valley
my green haven of
so long
i’ll always
remember you
in my dreams and
in my songs
where in one
sweeping gaze i’ve seen
rolling white
mist, thunderous
clouds and skies
clear blue
where every
evening
the setting sun
kisses the peaks
bidding the valley
in the shadows adieu
and though i must
now go
against my will,
take your leave
my soul is tied to
you, dear valley
and to your
denizens, wild and free
give them my
regards, low and high
mighty and small,
wish them all
goodbye
the thars with
their manes blowing in the wind
the griffons
soaring on outstretched wings
the bold gorals
staring from the grassy cliffs
the bush warblers
with their impossible riffs
the tits rummaging
in the oaks like sly thieves
the flying
squirrels that know the sweetest part of the leaves
the bush robins
and their plaintive songs
the musk deer
disappearing into the rhododendron
the martens that go
bounding over grass and rock
the rosefinches
that dive into the wind by the flock
look, here they
return
and off they fly
goodbye, dear
friends
one and all,
goodbye
[3]
my verdant valley
of sparkling streams
i shall return to
you when the day is done
when i have made
songs of all my dreams
and all my songs
have been sung
it is here, to
you, that i shall return then
when eventually i
die
until then, dear
mountains
goodbye
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