Friendly Moon

O Moon, my reliable friend,

To you I turn when I am alone and tired.

You cause the games we see the night plays with us,

You from the sky and I while standing on the earth,

Please do not tell me

They are for you to lose your gloss and verve

And for me to strain my weary eyes

That wait for your ultimate descent to where who knows.

During the night, you do not sleep, my friend,

During the day you hide from me;

At the moment when the day and night meet

You seem far more lonely than I can ever be,

If nothing else, the thought of you occupies me.

O Moon, Stay with me.