Do keep me safe, my talisman;
Keep safe through days when I am banished,
Days I am penitent or anguished;
The day they gave me you was glum.
When ocean waves arise and run
And roar their threats to pull me under,
When clouds explode in rumbling thunder,
Do keep me safe, my talisman.
Away, beneath a foreign sun,
In peacefulness of vapid places,
In jeopardy when battle blazes,
Do keep me safe, my talisman.
The sacred, sweet deceit is gone;
The soul’s bright sun of purest magic
Has hidden, its betrayal tragic…
Do keep me safe, my talisman.
May never memories, not one,
Make former wounds of love reopen.
All hope, farewell; desire, sleep unwoken;
Do keep me safe, my talisman.