Don’t knock at the door, little child,

     I cannot let you in,

You know not what a world this is

     Of cruelty and sin.

Wait in the still eternity

     Until I come to you,

The world is cruel, cruel, child,

     I cannot let you in!



Don’t knock at my heart, little one,

     I cannot bear the pain

Of turning deaf-ear to your call

     Time and time again!

You do not know the monster men

     Inhabiting the earth,

Be still, be still, my precious child,

     I must not give you birth!