The blackcap sings his lonely song
Dazzling beauty of butterfly days
Shimmering through the summer haze
Evenings are warm, days are long
The Ariege summer rolls slowly along.
Sunflowers ripen with faces aglow
Turned to the sun, each field on show
Pyrenean peaks framed with blue
’Til clouds and mist hide them from view
Ariege summer rolls slowly along
Blackcap still singing his lonely song.
Clouds and mist bring thunder and rain
Brown-burnt grass turns green again
Slugs and snails follow the dew
An evening glow worm may shine for you
Ciccadas take over the blackcap’s song
As the Ariege summer rolls slowly along.
© Donald James Dolby, August 2009
