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The Fire Still Waits for You · Lingwan

炉火仍然等你 · 灵婉

2026-09-08 · 4:33

English lines from W. B. Yeats’s When You Are Old meet added fireside refrains, keeping passing years beside a fading lamp.

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The book opens; love still remembers the pilgrim soul.

English poetry and Celtic-ballad brief · firelight and Lingwan

The published lyric retains Yeats’s book, fire, changing face and stars, then adds a pilgrim-soul refrain and a quiet bridge. The poem and this edition’s added sections remain distinguishable: the classic lines are not newly written, nor is the entire expanded lyric attributed to Yeats.

The words here are English, although the public Celtic love-ballad brief also specifies Cantonese diction. Virtual singer Lingwan, harp, low whistle, piano and cello belong to the arrangement concept. Discovery follows the actual English lyric and its poetry connection.

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[Intro] A book by fire, a fading light, A love remembered late at night. [Poem] When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true, But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face; [Refrain] Pilgrim soul, remember me, By the firelight tenderly. Many loved the morning flame, One loved sorrow, age, and name. [Poem] And bending down beside the glowing bars, Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled And paced upon the mountains overhead And hid his face amid a crowd of stars. [Instrumental Interlude] [Bridge] Let the fire burn low, let the voice stay near, Let the old regret become clear. No sharp sorrow, no fading tone, Only love walking alone. [Final Refrain] Pilgrim soul, remember me, By the firelight tenderly. Many loved the morning flame, One loved sorrow, age, and name. [Outro] The stars grow quiet overhead, And love remembers what it said.

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