Genesis - The Fountain Of Salmacis Lyrics
Hermaphrodite: a flower containing both male and female organs; a person or animal of both sexes.The child hermaphroditus was the son of hermes and aphrodite, the result of a secret love affair. for this reason he was entrusted to the nymphs of the isolated mount ida, who allowed him to groAs a wild creature of the woods. after his encounter with the water-nymph salmacis, he laid a curse upon the water. according to fable, all persons who bathed in the water became hermaphrodites.From a dense forest of tall dark pinewood,Mount ida rises like an island.Within a hidden cave, nymphs had kept a child;Hermaphroditus, son of gods, so afraid of their love.As the dawn creeps up the skyThe hunter caught sight of a doe.In desire for conquest,He found himself within a glade hed not beheld before.Hermaphroditus: narrator:Where are you, my father? then he could go no fartherGive wisdom to your son now lost, the boy was guided by the sunAnd as his strength began to failHe saw a shimmering lake.A shadow in the dark green depthsDisturbed the strange tranquility.Salmacis: narrator:The waters are disturbed the waters are disturbedSome creature has been stirred naiad queen salmacis has been stirredAs he rushed to quench his thirst,A fountain spring appeared before himAnd as his heated breath brushed through the cool mist,A liquid voice called, son of gods, drink from my spring.The water tasted strangely sweet.Behind him the voice called again.He turned and saw her, in a cloak of mist aloneAnd as he gazed, her eyes were filled with the darkness of the lake.Salmacis: narrator:We shall be one she wanted them as oneWe shall be joined as one yet he had no desire to be oneHermaphroditus: away from me cold-blooded womanYour thirst is not mineSalmacis: nothing will cause us to partHear me, o godsUnearthly calm descended from the skyAnd then their flesh and bones were strangely mergedForever to be joined as one.The creature crawled into the lake.A fading voice was heard:And I beg, yes I beg that all who touch this springMay share my fateSalmacis: narrator:We are the one the two are now made one,We are the one demi-god and nymph are now made oneBoth had given everything they had.A lovers dream had been fulfilled at last,Forever still beneath the lake.
