Pelléas et Mélisande, op. 80 : Chanson de Mélisande
Gabriel Fauré; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, Lorraine Hunt, Jules Eskin, Tanglewood Festival Chorus
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The King's three blind daughters
Sit locked in a hold
In the darkness their lamps
Make a glimmer of gold
Up the stair of the turret
The sisters are gone
Seven days they wait there
And their lamps they burn on
"Oh, Hope!" says the first
And leans o'er the flame
"I hear our lamps burning
Oh, yet, if he came!"
"Oh, Hope!" says the second
As the four lamps flame
Or a sound of lawful steps
Opens on the stair
But the holiest sister
She turns her about
Oh, no hope now for ever
Our lamps are gone out