Guinevere's Farewell to Lancelot. From Camelot
by Frederick Loewe (1901-1988)
"Before I Gaze at You Again"
Before I gaze at you again
I'll need a time for tears.
Before I gaze at you again
Let hours turn to years.
I have so much forgetting to do
Before I try to gaze again at you.
Stay away until you cross my mind
Barely once a day.
Till the moment I awake and find
I can smile and say:
That I shall gaze at you again
Without a blush or qualm.
My eyes will shine like new again,
My manner poised and calm.
Stay far away
My love far away
Till I forget, I gazed at you today...
Today.
Today.
- Alan Jay Lerner
-- Alternate or last verse omitted: text here:
No sign of fear,
Not even a sigh.
And so till when
We meet again,
Goodbye!
