On a small lake
(lyrical and ironic)
On a small lake
With yellow lilies
Fly dragonfly,
Similar to blue pipes
Bamboo,
With wings.
(Starts to sound
Sad music.)
Probably here
Once there lived a mermaid.
Combed the water
Green hair
And crying, crying,
Was crying.
Small fish
Brought from the bottom
Semi-precious stones.
Mermaid was comforted,
And my hands,
Rising to the night clouds,
Kissed month
In a gilded face.
(Music gradually
Subsides.)
On a small lake
With yellow lilies
Fly dragonfly,
Similar to blue pipes
Bamboo,
With wings.