1. From a glorious blue sky Sorrow came that rent my heart. This life of ours is as unstable as the waves, As impermanent as wild flowers in the field! CHORUS Ah yes, but they still ring out, Comforting and encouraging, The Bells of Nagasaki. 2. She died alone, my wife, called to heaven before me, Leaving me as keepsake her Rosary. Now it glistens with my tears. CHORUS 3. That funeral Mass! Under a sky that wept in mourning, A moaning wind for our hymns. I clutched the cross fashioned for her grave. The sparkling sea was gray with grief. CHORUS 4. There I bared
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