♪ I sing you a song of love ♪
♪ About my fair Eurydice ♪
♪ Who last night in the world above ♪
♪ Took my hand and married me ♪
♪ Eternal love we both professed ♪
♪ We danced until she fell upon ♪
♪ A serpent lying in its nest ♪
♪ And all at once my love was gone ♪
♪ I know our mortal lives are brief ♪
♪ And that I should be grateful ♪
♪ To the gods in spite of all my grief ♪
♪ But love has brought me here to you ♪
♪ To ask what no sane man would dare ♪
♪ And beg you to her soul restore ♪
♪ So she may leave and we may share ♪
♪ A lifetime or an hour more ♪