YOU JUST LEFT

Beyond my dull imagination you just left
You just left
Breaking my heart in two you just left
Do embraces come to naught?
I miss your loving arms
Sweet caress throughout the night
Loosing my endless charms
You just left.

How painful it is that you just left
You just left
Memories are wilted so you just left
Do you think at all of me?
Everything turns to gray
My faculties becoming numb
Afraid to wander, stray
You just left.

A pact of togetherness oh you just left
You just left
I lay soon to grave why you just left
Are you happy with someone?
My poor heart beats so slowly
Calling you from nowhere
Blood never comes to flow
You just left.


Samisen is limited to three stanzas of 8 lines each, with a 3-
syllable refrain appearing at the end of lines 1 and 3, and
standing alone as lines 2 and 8.