Prayers of a Princess
Calling to the moonlight
As I begin my perfect dance
Dancing in the moonlight
I fall into a trance
The hidden flute
Plays the evening's song
If such a sound accompanies me
Nothing can go wrong.
I feel a pair of eyes
Watching me in the darkness
I know to whom they belong to
And my soul's drained of emptiness
I know who he is,
He who is watching me
I know who he is
He loves and is loved by me.
I raise my hand and point my fingers to the sky
I grasp for the floating handle not visible to the eye
My fingers close on something I can't see
I hold something that's free
My hand holds the air that slowly drifts away
It reflects that something is never there to stay.
My eyes catch a corner and guess whom do I see?
I see her, eyes sparkling with a gleam
The one who was befriended by me.
She smiles in encouragement and I go on
Knowing I have to dance the whole song.
They all look at me
Watching me dance in the moonlight
Though they all watch in shadow
Afraid to show in the light
I take no notice; I feel no ill
Dancing is the only thing to make me feel
At peace with the world
And at home on this earth
Dancing is the only thing
That to me has real worth
Except of course for those around me
Those who I now slowly see
I value them more than anything else
More than music or dance or bells
They are all I ever had
They are the only ones I love
They are my family and I am their princess
I value humility but this I confess:
I am their princess and I grew up in their care
From the moment I was born, they already were there.
Since then I've led a comfortable life
With only joy and no such strife
I had everything in my grasp
They answered what I asked
And I am thankful for it all
And I don't know how to repay them
I don't know how to show such gratitude
Can it be paid by a gem?
I know the one I love
Has gone through so many things
For a while in his life
He never drank from cool springs
He had gone through life at its hardest
While I was going through its best
He was in hell
Before he finally arrived where I was
Here where I am
He found happiness at long last.
I know my best friend is great
I know she's been marked by fate
I know she has to think
About things I never have to think of
I know she has to worry
About things at I just scoff
And I know I'm lucky
That I wasn't made to be like her
And I know I'm luckier
She's around to be my sister.
I'm luckier than most of them
Who are definitely not like me
While they're trapped in their hell
In heaven I am free
But I don't know what to do
If ever I have to leave
There's no other world I know
How then will I live?
All I know in my life is dance,
Like this dance I'm doing now
All I know are applause and encores
I don't believe in a last bow
But I know there has to be a time
When I have to end this dance
He won't be watching me
He would have dropped his glance
She won't be encouraging me
She would also have been gone
And then what I dread will happen-
I will be just one
It's a life unthinkable
For someone like me, a princess
But even the happiest of all
Has to know what is distress
The greatest king will have his fall
The poorest man will have his coin
And if or when this happens
The ranks of misery I join
But I don't want to think of that now
I am dancing in the moonlight
I am doing what I love to do
I must reject all fright
But still I pray to the moon that lingers above:
If I could be spared, then yes!
Grant that no trouble befalls me
No spear shall pierce this princess
I don't know what pain is
And I do not want to know
I am happy with what I am
There's nowhere else I'd rather go
Because there's no other place for me
There's no place else I would rather be
Than here, and here alone
The only world I have ever known
Where I am loved and I love
Where I have all the blessings of above
O, brilliant moon, don't just shine there!
Save me from what might be despair
I, in my majesty, dance for you and your light
Keep me forever from the darkness of night
You give illumination when there really is none
Because of you, what I do is done
We share the same beauty; we share the same beams
Keep me forever in this land of great dreams!
Where I have a lover and where I have a friend
This is a life that must never ever end
If I experience the harshness outside
I have no one and nothing else to act as my guide
Brilliant moon, look upon your dancer
Grant that she may be this way forever!
Calling to the moonlight
As I begin my perfect dance
Dancing in the moonlight
I fall into a trance
The hidden flute
Plays the evening's song
If such a sound accompanies me
Nothing can go wrong.
I feel a pair of eyes
Watching me in the darkness
I know to whom they belong to
And my soul's drained of emptiness
I know who he is,
He who is watching me
I know who he is
He loves and is loved by me.
I raise my hand and point my fingers to the sky
I grasp for the floating handle not visible to the eye
My fingers close on something I can't see
I hold something that's free
My hand holds the air that slowly drifts away
It reflects that something is never there to stay.
My eyes catch a corner and guess whom do I see?
I see her, eyes sparkling with a gleam
The one who was befriended by me.
She smiles in encouragement and I go on
Knowing I have to dance the whole song.
They all look at me
Watching me dance in the moonlight
Though they all watch in shadow
Afraid to show in the light
I take no notice; I feel no ill
Dancing is the only thing to make me feel
At peace with the world
And at home on this earth
Dancing is the only thing
That to me has real worth
Except of course for those around me
Those who I now slowly see
I value them more than anything else
More than music or dance or bells
They are all I ever had
They are the only ones I love
They are my family and I am their princess
I value humility but this I confess:
I am their princess and I grew up in their care
From the moment I was born, they already were there.
Since then I've led a comfortable life
With only joy and no such strife
I had everything in my grasp
They answered what I asked
And I am thankful for it all
And I don't know how to repay them
I don't know how to show such gratitude
Can it be paid by a gem?
I know the one I love
Has gone through so many things
For a while in his life
He never drank from cool springs
He had gone through life at its hardest
While I was going through its best
He was in hell
Before he finally arrived where I was
Here where I am
He found happiness at long last.
I know my best friend is great
I know she's been marked by fate
I know she has to think
About things I never have to think of
I know she has to worry
About things at I just scoff
And I know I'm lucky
That I wasn't made to be like her
And I know I'm luckier
She's around to be my sister.
I'm luckier than most of them
Who are definitely not like me
While they're trapped in their hell
In heaven I am free
But I don't know what to do
If ever I have to leave
There's no other world I know
How then will I live?
All I know in my life is dance,
Like this dance I'm doing now
All I know are applause and encores
I don't believe in a last bow
But I know there has to be a time
When I have to end this dance
He won't be watching me
He would have dropped his glance
She won't be encouraging me
She would also have been gone
And then what I dread will happen-
I will be just one
It's a life unthinkable
For someone like me, a princess
But even the happiest of all
Has to know what is distress
The greatest king will have his fall
The poorest man will have his coin
And if or when this happens
The ranks of misery I join
But I don't want to think of that now
I am dancing in the moonlight
I am doing what I love to do
I must reject all fright
But still I pray to the moon that lingers above:
If I could be spared, then yes!
Grant that no trouble befalls me
No spear shall pierce this princess
I don't know what pain is
And I do not want to know
I am happy with what I am
There's nowhere else I'd rather go
Because there's no other place for me
There's no place else I would rather be
Than here, and here alone
The only world I have ever known
Where I am loved and I love
Where I have all the blessings of above
O, brilliant moon, don't just shine there!
Save me from what might be despair
I, in my majesty, dance for you and your light
Keep me forever from the darkness of night
You give illumination when there really is none
Because of you, what I do is done
We share the same beauty; we share the same beams
Keep me forever in this land of great dreams!
Where I have a lover and where I have a friend
This is a life that must never ever end
If I experience the harshness outside
I have no one and nothing else to act as my guide
Brilliant moon, look upon your dancer
Grant that she may be this way forever!