Thankless Child

KING LEAR

Drew from heart all love,

And added to the gall.

O Lear, Lear, Lear!

Beat at this gate, that let thy folly in,

Suspend thy purpose, if thou didst intend

To make this creature fruitful!

Into her womb convey sterility!

Create her child of spleen; that it may live,

And be a thwart disnatured torment to her!

Turn all her mother's pains and benefits

To laughter and contempt; that she may feel

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is

To have a thankless child! Away, away!

1)

Eclipses of the moon and the sun

Foreboding chaos what is to come

Treason in palaces when bonds will break

Friendship falls for voracity´s sake

NARRATOR

Yet the loyal Kent returns in disguise to re-enter into the service of his beloved master who dishonourably abandoned him

2)

Goneril seeks to ditch the old king

Hence a different tune her snake tongue sing

The King is enraged and howls at his daughter

Who smiles coldly from eyes clear as water

From eyes clear as water

You gave them the rod as you put your breeches down

Brdg.:

Vengeance, plague, death and confusion

Lear´s dreams were just an illusion

Ref.:

Darkness and Devils, no love to find

Betrayed and rebuked by a thankless child

A storm is rising as thunder roars wild

An old man rejected by a thankless child

3)

Kent sent to Regan to ask for support

But finds her allied against his lord

He speaks out his mind, she takes it ill

He ends in the stocks with a night to kill

With a night to kill

4)

Lear finds Regan hostile and cold

Stripped off his power the daughters turn bold

Both have allied to boot the king out

Alone in the darkness in the storm to shout

In the storm to shout

Brdg.:

Vengeance, plague, death and confusion

Lear´s dreams were just an illusion

Ref.:

Darkness and Devils, no love to find

Betrayed and rebuked by a thankless child

A storm is rising as thunder roars wild

An old man rejected by a thankless child