Music: Gian Carlo Menotti
The spools unravel and the needles break.
The sun is buried and the stars weep.
O black wave, take me away with you.
I will share with you my golden hair,
And my bridal crown, and my bridal crown.
Oh, take me down with you.
Take me down to my wand'ring lover
With my child unborn,
With my child unborn.
Mother, mother, are you there?/Sh!Listen, listen.
Mother, mother, are you there?
What?
Can't you hear?
Again you're imagining things.
No, no, I'm sure I heard a voice like yours.
Someone must be hiding back there.
Toby, go back and see who it is.
Baba, don't be foolish, Nobody's there!
Go on, go on.
What has come over you, Baba?
I've never seen you like this.
We are not alone! We are not alone!
He's coming' He's running back.
Did you see anything?
I told you, I told you there is nobody there.
You're lying! You don't want to tell me.
Liar! liar!
Baba, stop it!