Time is burning and the world's on fire.
Tell me, love, what you most desire.
Tell me what your heart has hidden.
Is it open or-- forbidden?

If forbidden, think of days 
Racing past in roaring haze,
Shocked and shaken by the blast of fire...
Tell me, love, what you most desire.

Tell me, love, what you most desire.
Dainty foods and soft attire?
Ancient books?  Fantastic chess?
Moonlit nights?  Love-- more, or less?

Now is the only 'now' of our age.
Tomorrow holds a sterile stage.
Tell me, love, what you most desire!
Time is burning and the world's on fire.