Glittering Nymph Lyrics

Glittering Nymph! Flashing eye!

Floating form on high pillows!

Innocent strength!

Come, come now to worship,

By a dim and extinguished light,

The god of sleep, our Morpheus

The shutter already closed, the gate fastened,

Nightcap already bound around your head,

Norrström's wig already hangs on its peg

Sleep, slumber to my music

Sleep, slumber to my music

The chaffinch just now, just now, Caisa Lisa,

Slumbering, ended its twittering song;

The sun just extinguished,

And the sky has thickened,

The silence of solitude reigns;

I go to worship Freya

The rain pours down in roaring torrents,

Casting in the sky its flaming arch,

Striped calmly and beautifully

With purple, gold, and green,

Since the earth felt Jove's thunder

Since the earth felt Jove's thunder

Slumber my Nymph! Dream of my lyre,

Until our sun rises at four o'clock,

And you stretch yourself,

And extend your arms

To my jug and my embrace,

Fired by my blood and name

Caisa you die! Heavens! she breathes;

Death gives life and love intermingles

But though your pulse beats weakly,

Your eye still closes happily

Hold the fiddle; good night! good night!

Hold the fiddle; good night! good night!

Slumber my Nymph! Dream of my lyre,

Until our sun rises at four o'clock,

And you stretch yourself,

And extend your arms

To my jug and my embrace,

Fired by my blood and name

Caisa you die! Heavens! she breathes;

Death gives life and love intermingles

But though your pulse beats weakly,

Your eye still closes happily

Hold the fiddle; good night! good night!

Hold the fiddle; good night! good night!