From a dense forest of tall dark pine wood 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 sky The hunter caught sight of a doe In desire for conquest He found himself within a glade, he'd not beheld before Where are you, my father? Give wisdom to your son And as his strengths began to fail He saw a shimmering lake A shadow in the dark green depths Disturbed the strange tranquility The waters are disturbed Some creature has been stirred As he rushed to quench his thirst A fountain spring appeared before him And 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 alone And as he gazed, her eyes were filled with the darkness of the lake We shall be one We shall be joined as one Away from me cold-blooded woman Your thirst is not mine Nothing will cause us to part Hear me, oh Gods Unearthly calm descended from the sky And then their flesh and bones were strangely merged Forever 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 spring may share my fate" We are the one We are the one Both had given everything they had A lover's dream had been fulfilled at last Forever still beneath the lake