if to sleep i should dream of you
and your fingertips scarred and rough
yet where they touch me gentle too
it would not be for me enough
for i would miss your rough hewn tease;
the way your hair falls just askew
and how you hold me close for ease
if to sleep i should dream of you
if to sleep i should dream of you
then it would make the daylight tough
for my longing would wake anew
and need that i could not rebuff
would follow me on every breeze
until my rest i would pursue
for in a moment of reprise
if to sleep i should dream of you
if to sleep i should dream of you
your manner sweet and grunting gruff
i would know my love to be true
and therefore made of sturdy stuff
still i find need is hard to please
when my dear heart is not in view
but yet i find my worries ease
if to sleep i should dream of you
and so while winter does its freeze
i will await a better view
and know my heart won’t be displeased
if to sleep i should dream of you
Untitled Ballade written circa 1272 by Julian Alfed Pankratz, aka Jaskier.
Translated by D. K. Allen in 2008 after it was rediscovered among a collection of private documents. Thought to be about one Geralt of Rivia, this newly unearthed poem was never officially completed. The romantic imagery that runs through the ballade adds a new depth to their relationship and furthers the now common academic theory that the two of them were long term lovers.
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