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Shall I tell a tale of love and of jealousyAnd of how a mortal found her own destinyBorn a maiden of luminous beautyAnd revealed she was a flower so heavenlyBut by this admiration I'm doomed you seeThe smite of a goddess upon meNow I'm sent to wed one of dragon-breedOh dear Venus I meant no impietyAnd so the girl was left alone on a mountaintopUntil with gentle breath Zephyr she to a palace broughtFor the fates have dained not Venus's wishes wroughtBut instead that those famed arrows would share her heartWe had happiness there but in secrecyIn darkness we loved without need to seeBut convinced to unveil his identityGreat winds, betrayed, flew fast away from meAnd so she wondered on the land searching far and wideWhile he lay sequestered by his indignant mother's sideShe prepared to face the implications of her desireApproached the gates where Habit seized her and made her cryOh trouble and sorrow please leave me beSongtexteHas your mistress no heart to bid me clemencyI love her most sweetly and fervently'Tis only of this I am guiltyThen the goddess drug her to a disordered heap of seedsCommanding before night the sorting task must be completeThe mess of lentils, corn and barley and poppy seedsDid loom impossible to weary and worn PsycheI stand overwhelmed with humilityBut hark underfoot, earthborn you pity meOh nimble nurselings rush to my needDear brothers and sisters of humanityTook each grain by grainMade piles of the sameThe light of nature came to meOh Myrmidons oh gentle beastsI asked you not, still you saved meSuch diligence grant me this lesson teachNow consciousness have I to keepBut not enough this single victoryBid she was impossibilitiesTo collect the golden fleeceThe waters from the cruellest peakAnd the beauty of PersephoneThese three more tasks completed sheAfraid she was but never weakThen when cast in Stygian sleepLove flew and roused her from the deepOh counsel above, oh JupiterYou welcome me into your theatreWith this golden goblet of ambrosiaI'll cherish the lessons I've learned from theTower and greeneryAnd the royal bird's great beakThe ants who rescued meYes it takes strength to receive Aus Songtexte Mania