makaris amang the laif

from dark to dark the flowing music plays
it takes us from our ordinary times
and shows to us the light of other days

we've had our moments helped our waifs and strays
set our prows in search of sunnier climes
from dark to dark the flowing music plays

the voice that halts remembering darker lays
still to the heights in exaltation climbs
and shows to us the light of other days

equal to the hard moments when it stays
the illest humour with its jingling rhymes
from dark to dark the flowing music plays

we've paid out line although the cord still frays
the clown who's in the corner mugs and mimes
and shows to us the light of other days

the one who works outdoes the one who prays
the clock has done its service still it chimes
from dark to dark the flowing music plays
and shows to us the light of other days