Bel Canto - Die Geschichte einer Mutter / A Mother's Tale lyrics

{Verse 1} She had a small child So weak, like a seed under the snow Then someone knocked at the door Came in, took the small one, and left It was Death {Verse 2} "Tell me, Night and Water Where is my child?" "Go at once through the woods And you will find him" {Verse 3} The mother cried And she ran through the woods so deep She saw a hothouse in the distance And went in. She felt her child was there {Verse 4} "Tell me, wise gardener Where is my child?" ''Search under the flowers And you will find him" {Bridge} {non-lexical singing} {Verse 5} She found her child The little tiny seed, with a pulse so weak Then, Death entered the hothouse It stayed cold, her hands cold as ice {Verse 6} "Hear me, poor mother, your darling Would never have a healthy and joyful life Hand me this little seedling, I beg you And put his heart to rest"