Courtyard Lullaby

Loreena McKennitt

Wherein the deep night sky,

the stars lie in its embrace.

The courtyard still in its sleep.

Peace comes over your face.



"Come to me", it sings

"Hear the pulse of the land.

The ocean's rhythms pull

to hold your heart in its hand."



When the wind draws strong

across the cypress trees,

the nightbirds cease their songs;

so gathers memories.



Last night you spoke of a dream

where forests stretched to the east

and each bird sang its song;

a unicorn joined in the feast.



And in a corner stood

a pomegranate tree

with wild flowers there

no mortal eye could see.



Yet still some mystery befalls

sure as the cock crows at morn.

The world in stillness keeps

the secret of babes to be born.



Come to me my love.

Hear the pulse of the land.

The ocean's rhythms pull

to hold your heart in its hand.



I heard an old voice say,

"Don't go far from the land.

The seasons have their way

no mortal can understand."