Black Swan Aria (from The Medium)

Gian Carlo Menotti

The sun is falling and it lies in blood
The moon is weaving bandages of gold
Old Black Swan where oh where has my lover gone 

I had given him a kiss of fire

And a golden ring

And a golden ring

With silver needles and with silver thread
The stars stitch a route for the dying sun
Old Black Swan where oh where has my lover gone

Torn and tattered is my bridal crown

And my lamp is lost

And my lamp is lost

Don't you hear your lover moan

Eyes of glass and feet of stone

Shells for teeth and weeds for tongue

Deep deep down in the river bed

He's looking for the ring

Eyes wide open, never asleep

He's looking for the ring

Looking for the ring

The spools unravel and the needles break

The sun is buried and the stars weep

Oh black wave, oh black wave, take me away with you

I will share with you my golden hair

And my bridal crown

And my bridal crown, Oh

Take me down with you

Take me down to my wondering lover

With my child unborn

With my child unborn