[00:33.52]From a dense forest of tall dark pinewood,
[00:38.03]Mount Ida rises like an island.
[00:41.78]Within a hidden cave, nymphs had kept a child;
[00:47.36]Hermaphroditus, son of gods, so afraid of their love.
[00:56.28]As the dawn creeps up the sky
[01:00.05]The hunter caught sight of a doe.
[01:03.77]In desire for conquest,
[01:09.02]He found himself within a glade he'd not beheld before.
[01:13.94]
[01:14.25][Hermaphroditus:]
[01:14.68]"Where are you, my father?
[01:19.43]Give wisdom to your son"
[01:22.86]
[01:22.47](Narrator:
[01:22.77]"Then he could go no farther
[01:23.07]Now lost, the boy was guided by the sun")
[01:23.37]
[01:23.41]And as his strength began to fail
[01:26.21]He saw a shimmering lake.
[01:31.58]A shadow in the dark green depths
[01:36.11]Disturbed the strange tranquility.
[01:39.99][Salmacis:]
[01:41.81]"The waters are disturbed
[01:45.79]Some creature has been stirred"
[01:52.42]
[02:11.16](Narrator:
[02:12.54]"The waters are disturbed
[02:14.94]Naiad queen Salmacis has been stirred")
[02:18.59]
[02:25.35]As he rushed to quench his thirst,
[02:30.30]A fountain spring appeared before him
[02:33.79]And as his heated breath brushed through the cool mist,
[02:38.79]A liquid voice called, "Son of gods, drink from my spring".
[02:47.78]The water tasted strangely sweet.
[02:51.89]Behind him the voice called again.
[02:55.35]He turned and saw her, in a cloak of mist alone
[03:00.99]And as he gazed, her eyes were filled with the darkness of the lake.
[03:04.90]
[03:04.96][Salmacis:]
[03:06.61]"We shall be one
[03:11.02]We shall be joined as one"
[03:14.57]
[03:27.08](Narrator:
[03:28.84]"She wanted them as one
[03:31.11]Yet he had no desire to be one")
[03:33.06]
[04:09.44][Hermaphroditus:]
[04:10.25]"Away from me cold-blooded woman
[04:12.22]Your thirst is not mine"
[04:19.62][Salmacis:]
[04:21.91]"Nothing will cause us to part
[04:24.22]Hear me, O Gods"
[04:26.41]
[04:33.47]Unearthly calm descended from the sky
[04:42.81]And then their flesh and bones were strangely merged
[04:47.82]Forever to be joined as one.
[04:53.22]
[05:55.17]The creature crawled into the lake.
[05:57.72]A fading voice was heard:
[06:03.15]"And I beg, yes I beg that all who touch this spring
[06:07.66]May share my fate"
[06:11.53]
[06:11.67][Salmacis:]
[06:13.40]"We are the one
[06:17.93]We are the one"
[06:21.62]
[06:22.29](Narrator:
[06:23.00]"The two are now made one,
[06:24.46]Demi-god and nymph are now made one")
[06:25.55]
[06:26.00]Both had given everything they had.
[06:38.21]A lover's dream had been fulfilled at last,
[06:44.63]Forever still beneath the lake.