Stay, time, awhile thy flying
Stay, time, awhile thy flying
Stay, time, awhile thy flying
Stay and pity me dying
For fate and friends have left me
And of comfort (has) bereft me

Come, come, close my eyes
Better to die blessed
Close my eyes, close my eyes
Come, come, close my eyes
Than to live thus distressed

Stay, time, awhile thy flying
To whom shall I disdain me?
When thus friends do I disdain me?
'Tis time (that) must befriend me
Drown'd in sorrow, to end me

Come, come, close my eyes
Better to die blessed
Close my eyes, close my eyes
Come, come, close my eyes
Than to live thus distressed

Come, come, close my eyes
Better to die blessed
Close my eyes, close my eyes
Come, come, close my eyes
Than to live thus distressed

Ah-eyes
Better to die blessed
Close my eyes, close my eyes
(Come, come, close my eyes
Better to die blessed
Close my eyes, close my eyes
Come, come, close my eyes)
Than to live thus distressed