*** A hundred years and a world away, In the blue embrace of mountain peaks, He met a girl of foreign grace, And love defied what fate decreed. *** But cruel were the laws of men, Their love was bound to fade. He sailed beyond the ocean's end, A captain lost in waves. *** Only restless winds cry out from the sea: "Cho-Cho-San, come back home to me." Only waves are crashing wild on the shore: "Cho-Cho-San, I’ll love you evermore." *** And then the day at last arrived, A fate foretold, a dream believed. The captain came from lands afar, But with a bride upon his sleeve. *** And waves embraced the fallen rose, The daughter of the hills. While through the air her song still flows, A whisper, soft and still. *** Only restless winds cry out from the sea: "Cho-Cho-San, come back home to me." Only waves are crashing wild on the shore: "Cho-Cho-San, I’ll love you evermore." *** Only restless winds cry out from the sea: "Cho-Cho-San, come back home to me." Only waves are crashing wild on the shore: "Cho-Cho-San, I’ll love you evermore."
