Fair maiden, thine own heart lay bare for me,
So sweetly I do sing this song for you…
A life full dark in mine despair I see,
Yet mind and heart, to you they do stay true.
Mine heart was cold as ever hearts could be,
Now coldest days are those without you near.
Though my own aim in life was to be free,
To be alone in love is now my fear.
There now, how better do we both now fare,
Each day that passes by, by sight, unseen?
This love, this life, 'twixt three we must now share,
Thy womb, my hope; our union now to wean.
Thy robes your own sweet life do seek to hide,
Our secret heir, his own sweet time does bide.