Mount Ida rises like an island
 Within a hidden cave, nymphs had kept a child
 Hermaphroditus, son of gods, so afraid of their love

 As the dawn creeps up the sky
 The hunter caught sight of a doe
 In desire for conquest
 He found himself within a glade he'd not beheld before

 Hermaphroditus:
 "Where are you my father
 Give wisdom to your son"

 Narrator:
 "Then he could go no farther
 Now lost, the boy was guided by the sun"

 And as his strength began to fail
 He saw a shimmering lake
 A shadow in the dark green depths
 Disturbed the strange tranquillity

 Salmacis:
 "The waters are disturbed
 Some creature has been stirred"

 Narrator:
 "The waters are disturbed
 The naiad queen Salmacis has been stirred"

 As he rushed to quench his thirst
 A fountain spring appeared before him
 And as his heated breath rushed through the cool mist
 A liquid voice called
 "Son of gods, drink from my spring"

 The water tasted strangely sweet
 Behind him the voice called again
 He turned and saw her, in a cloak of mist alone
 And as he gazed, her eyes were filled
 With the darkness of the lake

 Salmacis:
 "We shall be one
 We shall be joined as one"

 Narrator:
 "She wanted them as one
 Yet he had no desire to be one"

 Hermaphroditus:
 "Away from me cold-blooded woman
 Your thirst is not mine"

 Salmacis:
 "Nothing will cause us to part
 Hear me O gods"

 Unearthly calm descended from the sky
 And then their flesh and bones were strangely merged
 Forever to be joined as one

 The creature crawled into the lake
 A fading voice was heard:
 "And I beg, yes I beg, that all who touch this spring may share my fate"

 Salmacis:
 "We are the one
 We are the one"

 Narrator:
 "The two are now made one
 Demi-god and nymph are now made one"

 Both had given everything they had
 A lover's dream had been fulfilled at last
 Forever still beneath the lake