SARA

By: Bob Dylan (from the album "Desire", 1976)
Translated by: Besnik Hamiti

I lay down on the dune, looked at the sky
When the children were young, they played on the beach
You came from behind, I saw you when you passed me
You were always close and still accessible

Sarah, Sarah
What made you change your mind?
Sarah, Sarah
Easy to see, hard to define

I still see them playing with buckets in the sand
They run to the water to fill them
I can still see the shells falling from their hands
When one after the other they return up the coast

Sarah, Sarah
Sweet immaculate angel, sweet love of life for me
Sarah, Sarah
Shining, mystical jewel you are a woman

We slept in the forest by the fire at night
Sipping white rum at the Portuguese bar
They played calixok and listened to Snow White
You were in Savanna-la-Mar Bazaar

Sarah, Sarah
I remember all the clear ones, I can never forget them
Sarah, Sarah
Because I love you, I don't regret as long as I live

I can still hear the sound of the Methodist bells
I had just received the ointment and was saved
Sleepless for days at the Chelsea Hotel
"Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" for you writing

Sarah, Sarah
Wherever we travel, we are never apart
Sarah, Sarah
Lovely lady, so dear to my heart

How did I meet you? I don't know that
The messenger took me to the tropical storm
There in the winter, moonlight in the snow was you
And on Lily Pond Lane when it was scorching hot

Sarah, oh Sarah
Sphinx in the sign of Scorpio with dress fabric
Sarah, Sarah
You must forgive me for being a cuckoo

Now the beach is deserted except for some kelp
And a piece of old ship lying on the shore
You always found help when I asked you
Give me the map and the key to your door

Sarah, Sarah
Charming nymph with bow and arrow
Sarah, oh Sarah
Never leave me, never run away

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