Green Eyes

[Based on the story of Gustavo Adolfo Becquer (Spanish poet 1836-1870)]

And old legend tells

A spirit of the devil dwells

In a lake beyond the trees

And I found my ruin in this place

Green eyes

Like a beam of the sun

That, swift, hides while it runs

Within the white foam

Green eyes

Your glance burned my chest

The desire of the quest

Of some eyes like those

Loneliness did filled my soul

And my mind they stole

I became drunk with its melancholy

When I saw her eyes in water

Green eyes

Like a beam of the sun

That, swift, hides while it runs

Within the white foam

Green eyes

Your glance burned my chest

The desire of the quest

Of some eyes like those

My course was her call

To her bed of emeralds

Waters jumped in glints of light

And then closed over my body

Green eyes

Like a beam of the sun

That, swift, hides while it runs

Within the white foam

Green eyes

Your glance burned my chest

The desire of the quest

Of some eyes like those