Dancing Eurydices
Music plays every nightIn a pub on the cornerStay there, keep out of sightEurydices would dance
Until old Moon and starsWill reign over the worldYou will stay in the armsOf the drunken Orpheus
Out from brilliant Moon and starsDark night put a haze of blueIn their dance the EurydicesListen to the gentle tune
River murmurs, softly flowingDances surprised the lantern's shadowIn the open pub's doorStretches his back a big black cat
How strange are your lips, oh dearEurydice, EurydiceHow deep seemed your eyes, how queerEurydice, Eurydice
Time just runs, and in a momentGolden dawn will break the spellMists will fade away in the airLast shadows of night will go
Wind awoke and bemusedPlays with twigs as with stringsMaybe trees, maybe musicMaybe Orpheus sings
As a ghost steals the back catTo his place in the drugstoreHe'll just melt into smellUntil first cock will crow
River murmurs, softly flowingShape of lantern lost its blacknessIn the pub the crowd is growingPeople strolling in the streets
Strong wind blows and strong wind dancesIn the streets quite wild and crazyThrowing on the twigs, just passingThe transparent cobweb of mist
How strange are your lips, oh dearEurydice, EurydiceHow deep seemed your eyes, how queerEurydice, Eurydice
As in deep intoxicationBad wind dances in the streetsNo more signs of adjurationThere remained just…There remained just the black cat