A Fantastic Ballad

1

"You in the sunshine,Mannikin,Will you be the Flower King?

Ever runs your courage high,Tinge us with your blood's red dye!"

2

"Flower bright and flower pale,You've drunk my blood and drunk it deep.

Now my kingdom without fail!

In calyx,in calyx let me steep!"

3

"Sweet your blood was,Little Man,Show your deep little heart,if you can.

If our King you would become,Your heart must glisten in the sun."

4

"My heart,my heart beats high and true,shines forth fairly in my gaze.

If I gave up my heart to you,Never again I'll feast my eyes."

5

"Mannikin,we'll jump and rest,All of us,inside your breast.

Let your heart shine in the sun,Flower King you shall become!"

6

He starts,he thinks,that Mannikin,He tears his breast rosered apart.

"Give me sceptre,give me crown,Take,O take my deep little heart!"

7

"You in the sunshine,Mannikin,Cannot be the Flower King.

No more your rosered blood can spurt,For us must glow your deep little heart."

8

The Mannikin plucks out his eyes,Digs himself a hole deep down,Digs his own deep grave,and lies Buried,buried underground.