Night Song at Amalfi

I asked the heaven of stars
   What I should give my love—
  It answered me with silence,
   Silence above.

I asked the darkened sea
   Down where the fishers go—
  It answered me with silence,
   Silence below.

Oh, I could give him weeping,
   Or I could give him song—
  But how can I give silence,
   My whole life long?