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From a dense forest of tall dark pinewood, |
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Mount Ida rises like an island. |
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Within a hidden cave, nymphs had kept a child; |
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Hermaphroditus, son of gods, so afraid of their love. |
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As the dawn creeps up the sky |
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The hunter caught sight of a doe. |
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In desire for conquest, |
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He found himself within a glade he'd not beheld before. |
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|
| [01:14.25][Hermaphroditus:] |
|
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"Where are you, my father? |
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Give wisdom to your son" |
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(Narrator: |
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"Then he could go no farther |
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Now lost, the boy was guided by the sun") |
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And as his strength began to fail |
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He saw a shimmering lake. |
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A shadow in the dark green depths |
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Disturbed the strange tranquility. |
| [01:39.99][Salmacis:] |
|
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"The waters are disturbed |
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Some creature has been stirred" |
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|
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(Narrator: |
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"The waters are disturbed |
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Naiad queen Salmacis has been stirred") |
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As he rushed to quench his thirst, |
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A fountain spring appeared before him |
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And as his heated breath brushed through the cool mist, |
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A liquid voice called, "Son of gods, drink from my spring". |
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The water tasted strangely sweet. |
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Behind him the voice called again. |
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He turned and saw her, in a cloak of mist alone |
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And as he gazed, her eyes were filled with the darkness of the lake. |
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|
| [03:04.96][Salmacis:] |
|
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"We shall be one |
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We shall be joined as one" |
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|
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(Narrator: |
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"She wanted them as one |
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Yet he had no desire to be one") |
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|
| [04:09.44][Hermaphroditus:] |
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"Away from me cold-blooded woman |
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Your thirst is not mine" |
| [04:19.62][Salmacis:] |
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"Nothing will cause us to part |
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Hear me, O Gods" |
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|
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Unearthly calm descended from the sky |
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And then their flesh and bones were strangely merged |
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Forever to be joined as one. |
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|
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The creature crawled into the lake. |
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A fading voice was heard: |
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"And I beg, yes I beg that all who touch this spring |
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May share my fate" |
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|
| [06:11.67][Salmacis:] |
|
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"We are the one |
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We are the one" |
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(Narrator: |
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"The two are now made one, |
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Demi-god and nymph are now made one") |
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|
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Both had given everything they had. |
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A lover's dream had been fulfilled at last, |
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Forever still beneath the lake. |