It seems an easy thing
Mayhap one day to sing
Yet the next day
We cannot sing or say.

Keep silence with good heart,
While silence fits our part:
Another day
We shall both sing and say.

Keep silence, counting time
To strike in at the chime:
Prepare to sound, —
Our part is coming round.

Can we not sing or say?
In silence let us pray,
And meditate
Our love-song while we wait.