FRAGRANT IS MY MANY FLOWER'D CROWN - Lingua Ignota

God alone knows my sorrow

God alone knows my sorrow

What will you say of the bond we had

Tender comrade?

For I have learned all men are brothers

And brothers only love each other

Brothers in arms

Brothers in each others' arms

All the love God would allow

But all God’s love means nothing now

The bitter blood of many foes sustains me

And heavy is my hammer, swinging 'round

And soft are their throats

And soft are their skulls

And fragrant is my many flower’d crown

Fragrant is my many flower’d crown

Crown, crown

(God alone knows my sorrow)

Fragrant is my many flower’d crown

(God alone knows my sorrow)

God alone knows my sorrow