The moon stands over the water
She glides down curiously over the rocks
The Water Spirit nods his old head
Who comes here in the night?
Water Spirit, the crescent moon cradles at your window
Soon it will break into your silvery chamber
The moon is roaming over the water
A breeze wakes the Water Spirit
Water Spirit, prankster
Something's stirring...
He is coming out
He wants to get married
Which one of you wants the old man in her bed?
Greetings, girls
Are you bored?
I have more than enough splendour here
I need only to reach out my arm to get hold of a girl
Catch us if you can
Whoever you catch will give you a kiss...
...but your wife will not be happy
Catch us then!
OndeNaughty girls They idle here so foolishly
Up and down, back and forth
Ah, youngsters!
My dear father!
My child, why are you standing here in the moonlight?
Will you stay with me and cheer me up?
So sad! -I'm so sad I could suffocate
While everyone dances? -I want to get out of here
I want to become someone else, live in the golden sunlight
I want to get out of here
I can't believe my ears
You want to become someone else?
You told me stories of people
You told me that their soul ascends to heaven...
...when they die and disappear into nothing
You must not wish for a soul
A soul is full of sin
And full of love!
Are you in love with someone from that world?
He comes to me often to lay himself in my arms
But I'm just a little wave He can't see me
I must become someone else...
...so when I embrace him...
...he will hold me in his arms and kiss me passionately
Child, your sisters would weep for you every night
No one can help you once a man has you in his power
But father, I need him to see me
Tell me, what should I do?
You're lost!
Lost forever!
Lost to a man
It is pointless to try to keep you here
Ježibaba will help you
Poor, pale Rusalka Woe!
Dear moon, your light shines in the distance
You roam the wide world
You peer in on people
Dear moon, stay a while...
...and tell me where my beloved is
Tell him, silvery moon, that I embrace him...
...so that in his dreams he thinks of me
Light his way...
...and tell him who waits for him here
And if I appear in his dream, make him remember me
Dear moon, do not fade
It is cold!
Ježibaba!
Poor, pale Rusalka Woe!
Ježibaba!
What a wailing
Who disturbs me this early?
Ježibaba, release me from the spell
Show yourself and tell me who you are
I am Rusalka Ježibaba, give me a magic potion
Show yourself, beautiful child
I am trapped down here
Tear yourself free
Let your feet touch the ground
Feet, carry her! See, you can already walk
Ježibaba, help me!
You possess deep knowledge
You understand the secrets of nature
You rule the elements with poisons and moonbeams
You can brew a thousand potions
You can join and demolish You can kill and create
You can make a human a ghost, and a ghost a human
The girls fear you People come to you for help
You are an element yourself You are a human yourself
Death and eternity belong to you
Help me, wise woman!
Help me!
Yes, they come to me for such things
But listen closely before you taste the magic potion
What will you give me if I help you?
Take everything I have, but make me someone else
Nothing else?
Is that why you've come moaning?
You thirst for a beautiful body, for love and tenderness
Yes, they come to me for such things
Give me a beautiful body, a beautiful soul
So be it Let the devil be our witness
Give me your appearance Give it to me
But if you do not find love, you will return as a cursed exile
To win this love, you must suffer
You will be mute to other people's ears
Is that what you want? Mute, even to the man you love?
To know his love...
...I would gladly lose my voice
Think of him too and know:
You will also destroy your beloved
He will be the victim of your eternal curse
With a pure soul...
...my love will conquer the curse
Come, I will call on my magic for you
After that, not a word! Abracadabra!
Abracadabra, white mist rises
Drops of dragon's blood, bile and a bird's beating heart
Jump, black cat, stir the brew
Abracadabra, from now on not a word
Poor, pale Rusalka Woe!
A hunter rode through the forest He saw a white doe
She had a deep gaze Will my arrow strike her?
Hunter, hurry on, do not shoot the doe
Avoid her body!
Will my arrow strike her?
She appeared here and disappeared again
She appears everywhere, but there's no trace of her here
And the rippling water lures me
As if I must cool my passion in her embrace
I falter A yearning overcomes me
I have just started the hunt yet I am already exhausted
That strange spell has overcome me again
That is no doe! Hunter, stop!
May God keep your soul
You look so sad
Whom did your arrow strike?
Stop the hunt Return home
Enchanted is this place and enchanted is my soul
Return home
I want to be alone
Miraculous vision, are you real or a fairytale?
Are you the protector of the white doe I saw?
Have you come to beg for her life...
...or do you want to be my prey yourself?
Has a secret sealed your lips, or is your tongue tied?
Perhaps my kiss will make your silent lips answer
Please say what mystery called me here...
...to be enchanted by your gaze?
What is hidden in your heart? Reveal it, if you love me
Sisters, one of us is missing!
Dear sister, where have you gone?
Away, far from us!
Little sister, where are you?
I know you are a vision...
...that will disappear in the mist
But do not flee as long as we still have time
My hunt is over You are my most beloved doe
You are my star in the night
My fairytale, come with me
We will get there! Let's go!
Come on, out with it!
Tell me, what are they preparing?
There are so many people! So much work!
We are being asked everywhere
We are working from dawn to dusk
Have you heard?
The prince found a strange creature and will marry her
They say he found her in the depths of the forest
But wherever he found her, I would have been very afraid
She is mute, very pale, wanders senselessly about
What a perfect bride!
Is it really true then, what people are saying?
What sad news
May the Lord protect us
Such a love can only be forged through magical powers
Here, dark forces haunt us
Ježibaba bewitches the weak
Vodník drags them into the depths
Those who see the girls, are overwhelmed by desire
May the Lord expel the evil
I'm scared!
That's not surprising!
May the Lord forgive your sins
Mr Prince used to be so handsome, but now he has changed
He's no longer himself, wanders around in a daze
Old Háta prays for him
And our priest came to warn the prince...
...but the prince said: "the girl stays and that's the end of it!"
That's why all these people are here That's why the storeroom is empty
That's why I had to drag in so much venison
Surely nothing will come of it
Maybe another woman will spoil everything
Old Háta tells that the prince is fickle...
...that his love is fading...
...and he has set his eye on someone else
He has now set his eye on a foreign princess
May God keep him from misery
I would chase out that mute girl before she pulled me down to hell
Let that beggar clear off
Here comes the prince with that misfit -I'll get going
We have known each other for a week, but you are still a mystery to me
In vain I try to see in your eyes who you really are
Will a marriage give me what my heart desires?
Will your blood be heated and will you be completely mine?
Why is your embrace cold? Why are you afraid of my passion?
Why do I shake with fear when I embrace you?
In vain I stifle this sadness I can't free myself from you
Even if you were a hundred times colder, I must have you!
It is not love I feel, but anger because he loves someone else
If I cannot be his wife, then I will ruin their happiness
Does the prince not see that there are others here?
Must I look on in silence while he flaunts his happiness?
You are right to reproach me It pleases me to hear you say it
Even as another's groom I remain your devoted servant
And your darling has not a word of reprimand for you?
Is her gaze so tender that she speaks only with her eyes?
Her gaze forgot to tell me that I was inconsiderate
Let me quickly compensate for this neglect
Why are you trembling?
Go get changed Yes, dress nicely
I have his attention, but you have his heart!
Woe!
Poor, pale Rusalka
Enchanted by the splendour of this world
Woe!
This world will never give you what our world can
Even if you become someone else a hundred times...
...you are still bound to your past
Even if you would earn a man's love a hundred times over...
...you can't hold him forever
Poor, pale Rusalka!
Caught by a delusion
You are still bound to your past
When you return to your companions you will be a living dead
Faded by life...
...cursed by the elements
Poor Rusalka...
...enchanted by the splendour of this world
White flowers along the road
A boy drove to his bride and the day smiled
Don't delay, boy, soon you will be a man...
...and red roses will grow here
The white flowers will wilt...
...but the red roses will adorn your bridal bed
White flowers along the road
A boy drove to his bride and the day smiled
Poor Rusalka, enchanted by the splendour of this world
Woe!
The white water lily will be your sad companion
Not a single red rose will bloom for your bridal bed
The white water lily will be your sad companion
Not a single red rose will bloom for your bridal bed
Rusalka, do you hear me?
Vodník, dear father!
Do I need to witness you so sad?
Father, save me, I'm so afraid
I wanted to betray you
Woe to the one who comes to know mankind!
Woe!
Woe to the one who comes to know mankind!
Woe!
He was seduced by the beauty...
...of another woman
He knows me no more
Poor Rusalka!
Has your beloved rejected you?
You must be strong now
In vain!
All is in vain!
All my charms are in vain, because I don't belong here
All is in vain He knows me no more, poor Rusalka
All is in vain!
That cursed passion burns in her eyes
I was born in the cold I don't have that passion
Everything is in vain, emptiness dwells in my heart
My charms too are in vain, because I don't belong here
Accursed by all of you and lost to him
The mute echo of ancient elements
I am neither special nor plain
I cannot die, I cannot live
I cannot live
There they are again!
Father, save me!
I see a strange shimmer in your eyes
I am enchanted by your words
You're so passionate What does this mean?
Where did she go, your chosen one...
...the voiceless, nameless girl?
Where? So she can see how much her prince has changed
Where did she go?
Only the Lord knows
You alone are the reason for my change
The night will not reveal that I am enchanted by someone else
My love for her was just a passing fancy
Be the glowing fire that dispels the pale moonlight
Once my fire has consumed your passion and I am far away...
...then what will you do with the moonshine?
When the mute girl embraces you...
...who will warm your passion? Poor passion!
Even if the whole world curses my desires...
...you will be my fiery flower, however briefly it blooms
You are wooing me -I will break all bonds...
The prince does not know who to love -...as long as I can love you.
Your arms are cold as ice, pale, cold beauty!
Rush into the arms of another...
...but you will never escape her embrace
Save me from these mysterious powers
Hurry to your chosen one...
...to the depths of hell
Dark powers...
...you have dragged me into the deep again
Why don't I die in this cold?
Why can't I die?
I have lost my youth and the joy of my sisters
Condemned for my love I languish in the cold
I have lost my youth and the joy of my sisters
Condemned for my love I languish in the cold
I have lost my charm I am cursed by my beloved
In vain I long for my sisters, I long for the world
Where are you, enchanting summer nights?
Why don't I die in this cold?
Dark powers, you have dragged me down again
Why can't I die in this cold?
Why can't I die?
I have lost my youth and the joy of my sisters
Condemned for my love I languish in the cold
Dark powers, why can't I die?
Are you back already? That didn't take long
How pale you are and how you lament your loneliness
So his kisses didn't stir you?
And his bed couldn't warm you?
Everyone has betrayed me I've lost everything!
The love was brief, but the wailing will last long
After the kisses eternal abstinence awaits
Man remains man, an outcast of the elements
Woe to the one who wanted to know his love...
...for he is cursed by his betrayal!
Can I not be helped?
Your lover has rejected you...
...and now Ježibaba has to help you again?
After your worldly adventures you now want to return to your sisters?
I'll give you advice, but will you follow it?
The devil only knows
Because you sought love in the arms of a man...
...only human blood will wash away the curse of the natural elements...
Only then will you be the same as you were...
...before the world deceived you
Only warm human blood can restore you
All suffering will cease and your happiness will return...
...if you take the life of the man who betrayed you
Kill the man who betrayed you Kill the man who seduced you
What do you want?
Take this knife and promise to obey
You scare me Leave me be!
I would rather be eternally tormented by fear
I would rather be cursed forever
I would rather be eternally tormented by fear
I would rather be cursed forever
I will bear my unrequited love and my despair...
...as long as he is happy
Your desire lured you to another life...
...and now you have no strength to shed human blood?
Man is only man...
...if he soaked his hand in strange blood...
...when he, driven by passion...
...got drunk on the blood of a loved one
You wanted to become someone else and be intoxicated by passion?
You empty water bubble, pale, moonlit good-for-nothing...
...go and suffer on forever.
May you shrivel up with desire
Torn from life...
...I must go on alone...
...without friends, without sisters
My love, I know I will never see you again
O woe!
You have forsaken us, cursed sister...
...now you must never return
One who has embraced a man, may not dance with us anymore
We run away, when you come closer
Your sorrow frightens us
You must wander like a will-o'-the-wisp
Lure people and make them lose their way
Light the way to the grave for them
Go and dance on their graves, you are no longer welcome here
Are you afraid? Nonsense, others have been here before
Knock and say nicely what they told you to say:
That the prince is confused because of a cursed creature...
and that old Háta calls on Ježibaba for advice
My legs are paralysed and my eyes can't see
For God's sake, go in yourself
How many times have I passed here?
You're a coward if you are afraid of old ladies!
When you were with us, I was afraid of you...
...so don't be surprised that I'm scared here!
I sometimes exaggerate
Now go and have a look and come back with an answer
Knock on the door, ask the old lady for advice
I will stutter You'd better ask her yourself
I would be ashamed if I were your father!
I will show you that I am not afraid
Ježibaba, hello!
Who's making all that noise?
Who's that calling?
Old Háta sent us to ask for your advice.
And in return she sends me this little snack?
Once she fattens up she'll make a nice roast
Let me go! She wants to eat me!
You silly fool, I'll eat you for breakfast!
Let your cursed kind get fat in hell and tell me quickly what you came to say
Mister Prince is gravely ill
A sorceress has bewitched his heart
He took her home
He loved her like his own life
She was to become his wife...
...but that enchantress didn't stay for the wedding
After she had confused him, she disappeared
Everyone is still bewitched under her spell
The devil himself carried her off to hell
Who carried her off? Who did she betray?
Cursed beings! Disgusting creatures!
He betrayed her, dragged her to hell!
Vodník!
Boss! Dear heavens!
I will avenge myself to the farthest corners of the earth
My white doe!
My fairytale! My wordless illusion!
Will my unrest ever end?
Day after day, driven by desire, I seek you
When night falls, I see you I grab you in the fog
I seek you everywhere...
My fairytale
Come back to me!
It was here
Speak, silent place
Sweet vision, my dearest
Where are you?
My white doe
Where are you?
I beseech heaven and earth, God and the devil...
...show yourself, my love!
My love
My love, do you recognise me?
My love, do you still remember me?
Destroy me if you are dead, but if you are still alive, save me!
Neither dead nor alive, I roam cursed like a ghost
In vain, I dreamed in your arms
I was once your lover, but now I am only your death
I cannot live without you Can you forgive me?
Why did you lure me into your arms? Why did your lips lie?
Now I am but a ghost, captured forever in your torment
I lead you astray in the night because I lost my honour
I will entice you into the depths
Why did you lure me into your arms? Why did your lips lie?
I know you sought passion
Passion that I could not give you
But if I kiss you now, you will be lost forever
Kiss me, grant me peace
I don't want to return to the world
Kiss me, even if it means my death
You have given me so much Why did you deceive me?
You realise that you will never leave my arms again?
That the cost of my embrace...
...is your demise?
I want to give you everything, but kiss me
I don't want to return, I'd rather die
Kiss me, grant me peace
I don't want to return, I'd rather die
My love will freeze you, in my cold arms you must die
Kiss me, grant me peace
Your kisses absolve me of my sins
I die happy...
...because I die in your arms
He dies in your embrace in vain
All sacrifices are for nothing
Poor, pale Rusalka
Woe!
For your love, for your beauty, for your wavering passion...
...for everything by which I am cursed...
...may the Lord have mercy on you!