Fortune plango vulnerat
Stillantibus ocellis
Quod sua michi munera
Subtrahit rebellis...
Gone is my Lady in White.
At dawn, I roused to the sight
And I, her long-tethered Knight,
Found no answer.
I tore my blade from the wall,
Ran through each chamber and hall,
But naught for search nor for squall,
Won no answer.
What Man's so jealous yet
To steal my Lady away?
My maid with hair like jet
And skin like pearl in ocean spray, O
I beg you hear my call,
Good Lady.
Athwart this earth, I follow,
Good Lady.
Your deathless scent
Is all that keeps me from my torment,
So if you hear my plea,
Won't you answer?
Lady, won't you answer me?
Oh, Oh.
So sure t'was some other knight,
I took my fellows to fight.
I ran through each man aright,
But no answer.
I drove through cave, creek, and ditch
To slay each beast and each bitch,
But bathed in blood black as pitch,
I'd no answer.
If not a man or beast,
Then where's my Lady been drawn?
I've hunted west to east
To find no sign where she has gone, O
I beg you hear my call,
Good Lady.
Athwart this earth, I follow,
Good Lady.
Your deathless scent
Is all that keeps me from my torment.
So if you hear my plea,
Won't you answer?
Lady won't you answer me?
Good Lady!
O, Good Lady!
Now, to a Witch of Hell
To cast her seeing spell
And in a pot of puss
There, the answer—
There, the answer—
There the answer comes, thus:
No need for search or sword.
No further earth explored.
Good Lady just got bored.
Now life is naught but a sieve,
To drain what joy's left to give.
How I preferred life to live
With no answer.
Verum est quod legitur
Ronte capillata
Sed plerumque sequitur
Occasio calvata...