Lyrics by Frank DiGiacomo with assistance from Julian R. Pace. Illustration by Arthur Rackham.

Undine sings a comforting song, with a chorus* of wood elves and trolls, as she casts a spell of love and protection about the frightened man, Prince Hulbrand, that she has found in the wood.

* The chorus is not on the live recording.

Illustration by Arthur Rackham

LYRICS
Undine:
     Close your eyes and sleep,
     sleep and dream;
     but when you dream, dream not

     of fearsome things that cloud your mind -
     for I am here beside you.
     I shall soothe you,
     sing to you of dreams,

     cast a spell of dreams with my song;
     so when you awake
     your dreaming shall have no end:
     for I shall sing to you,
     always for you, you alone.
     Lightly may your dreams rest on your heart,
     lightly as a cloud in summer skies,
     the pathways of your sleep be lit
     by fireflies and elvenwings.
     Silv’ry mist comes stealing through the pines
     where the quiet rill runs to the dell,

     down dew-fresh fields in the moonlight,
     down, down to the rivers
     flowing to the sea.
     Follow your dreams through crystal waters!
     Follow through fields the quiet stream!
     Follow where dawning’s first cool breezes
     through the reeds run whispering your name!
     Follow dawning’s first cool breezes
     through the reeds run whisp’ring, whisp’ring your name.

     Close your eyes and sleep,
     sleep and dream;
     but when you dream, dream not
     of fearsome things that cloud your mind -
     for I am here beside you.
     I shall soothe you,
     sing to you of dreams,
     cast a spell of dreams with my song;
     so when you awake
     your dreaming shall have no end:
     for I shall sing for you always, you alone.
     I shall sing for you, for you alone.
     Of dreams I sing.

     Be true, be true to your dreams, be true.