It was a d ay in that blue month sept ember
Silent ben eath the plum trees' slender sh ade
I held her t here
My love so pale and s ilent
As if she w ere a dream that must not f ade
Above us i n the summer shinning h eaven
There was a c loud my eyes dwelled long up on
It was quite w hite and very high ab ove us
Then I looked u p
And found that it had g one
And since that d ay so many moons in s ilence
Have s wum across the sky and gone bel ow
The plum trees s urely have been chopped for f irewood
And if you a sk how does that love seem n ow
I must adm it I really can't rem ember
Though I k now what you are trying to s ay
But what that f ace was like I know no l onger
I only k now I kissed it on that d ay
As for the k iss I long ago forg ot it
But for the c loud that floated in the s ky
I know that s till and shall forever k now it
It was quite w hite and moved in very h igh
It may be t hat the plum trees still are b looming
That woman's se venth child may now be t here
And yet that c loud had only bloomed for m oments
When I l ooked up
It vanished on the a ir.