Song of the Courtesan Translation of the lyric in the dance sequence of the Royal Court-dancer

The Song of the Courtesan

Translation of the lyric in the Dance sequence of the Royal Court-Dancer

When under the expanse of the deep blue sky

The night overwhelms the day

In her wild embrace, here where I stay,

The little bird nestling in my heart

Leaves its shelter and soars high.

I am lost to myself all these days.

Whenever a flower smiles in the breeze

The fragrance of love comes wafted to me on the wings of the wind

And I pine sweetly in the languid flame of love.

With every wild beat of the heart I whirl,

 and sink deep in the vortex of this fateful passion.

Memories flood and the deluge sweeps me off my feet .

It’s a river out of bounds and my moorings are gone.

But now I have begun to feel

Something stirring in the air.

The fading light of the day whispers its message to me.

It whispers and says, “ A strange new moon is going to come; hold your breath and wait.

His eyes have the light which will seek you out.”

Ever since I heard the message in the wind, I’ve been listening for the sign of my moon.

The single leaf that trembles in the wind

Sends a shiver, down all my being.

 Startled, I look up and search down the path that may bring him to me,

That may bring him to me.