I close my eyes/ to find a place In a different time/ and a different space In imagination/ I could find A cloistered arbour/ for my mind
Then in my dreams/ a path I take As in trance/ yet wide awake To see the world/ with open eyes Its glist'ning sands/ and azure blue skies
I take a walk through the Paradise Where peace and love I understand Whatever be revealed to me In Paradise forever be
Above all earthly/ cares to soar Beyond the hurts/ I there endure To see a sweet/ and perfect land Where sunbeams dance upon my hand
(Suspended there/ reflecting deep Where time is lost/immersed in sleep A sleep of ages/ long since passed As on the sea of change were cast All things which then were reckoned fast)
And there before/ my eyes I see Such a beauty/ that could never be Revealed in places/ fixed below As set before me/ all aglow