Firebird

Firebird Firebird,
Lo, what beauty I see,
Sizzling and dazzling,
Burning within me.

Holding back the freezing hate,

Melting the hardened world,

Making a path for me.

Firebird Firebird,

Your flames have dulled so

Wings of hot blue;

Have since turned yellow.

This world loves me,

I love it too.

But somewhere in my heart,

I just want to go.

Firebird Firebird,

Where have you gone?

I feel so tired;

I can't stay till dawn.

This world celebrates me,

But, lo, I have been deprived

Only if I were to forsee

My passion's last song.