song by Yaffa Yarkony
Sang as a tango by Yaffa Yarkony in the early 1940’s.
Your eyes are flowing with green light
Like sparkling emeralds set to admire.
My heart is yearning for a promised night
But you close your eyes to my desire
My heart is dreaming a sweetest dream -
Your eyes are lighthouses in a stormy sea.
The green flames send more than one beam
While waves and wind roar - “It will not be.”
Many come to you pray and whisper
Till their hearts are slowly broken.
More will look for that emerald glow
With words of love unheard, unspoken.
Your eyes are fountains of emerald blaze
A pair of stars, gifts sent by gods.
I wish to float in that deep green haze
In endless gardens, a place with no roads.