Текст песни The Fountain Of Salmacis - 2008 Digital Remaster - Genesis

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 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?
Then he could go no farther
Give wisdom
Now lost, the boy was guided
to your son by the sun
And as his strength began to fail,
He saw a shimmering lake
a shadow in the dark green depths
Disturbed the strange tranquility
The waters are disturbed
The waters are disturbed
Some creature has been stirred
The naiad queen Salmacis 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
She wanted them as one
We shall be joined as one
Yet he had no desire to be one
Away from me, cold-blooded woman
Your thirst is not mine
Nothing will cause us to part
Hear me, O Gods!
Unearthly calm ascended 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, that all who touch this spring
May share my fate"
We are the one
The two are now made one
We are the one
Demi-god and nymph are now made one
Both had given everything they had
A lover's dream had been fulfilled at last
Forever still beneath the lake