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"Hamael's Song", by Joy Chanticleer. |
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"'Oh Darien, my Darien, why did you go that day? |
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The wind was gusting, waves were white, the sky a steely gray. |
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The storm that broke that evening was the worst any recalls. |
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Your ship was lost that day, my love, a victim of the squalls. |
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Now here I sit, waiting for news, a-weeping grievously. |
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And as I wait, I mutter low, invectives 'gainst the sea.'" |
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"As Hamael did weep and wail, a voice did gently chide. |
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As she looked up, a maid, she saw, a dolphin by her side. |
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'Your love still lives,' Eluned said, 'though deep beneath the sea. |
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A mermaid's hand stole him from you, yet you can set him free. |
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If you would gain his freedom, then three things will you need: |
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A ship to sail, a net of hair, and a heart which holds no greed.'" |
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"'When next Xibar is waxing full, then at the peak of tide, |
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Sail your ship to Lomark's reef, and cast your net o'er side. |
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Thrice must you cast, and pull your net, a'fishing against death. |
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Then search your haul to find the box that holds your Darien's breath. |
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Remember to look with your heart, and keep your love in mind, |
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For if you look with avarice, the sea, your love shall bind.'" |
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"Then suddenly a light appeared, shimmering across the sand, |
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And when it dimmed the maid had gone as if she'd ne'er been. |
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So hope was born for Hamael as homeward she did run |
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To shear her hair and weave a net as fine as spiders spun. |
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And days did pass as Hamael wove, Xibar waxing every eve |
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Till finally the moon was full, and she stood up to leave." |
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"Then in a ship of strong green wood she sailed to Lomark's reef, |
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And thrice she cast her net to steal her love back from a thief. |
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The first cast brought a golden chest which gleamed in the moonlight. |
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The second brought ten oysters up with shining pearls inside. |
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The third cast brought a single shell a snail had cut loose |
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As each did bide upon the deck, Hamael tried to choose." |
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"'A golden chest may glitter bright,' said Hamael to herself, |
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'But none may breathe within such thing, not Human, Dwarf or Elf. |
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And pearls, while lovely to behold, are solid, through and through. |
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No place have they for breath to hold, they're worthless to me too. |
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A seashell, though, held to the ear echoes the wind so soft.' |
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So Hamael picked the snail's shell up and held it there aloft." |
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"And then she flung it to the deck to shatter it and free |
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The breath of her love, held within, to steal him from the sea. |
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A golden light appeared on deck, too blinding to behold |
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And when it dimmed her love was there, shivering with cold. |
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Then close she held him as they sailed, returning to the shore...." |
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You smile and wink as you sing: |
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"And though they lived for fifty years, they went to sea no more." |
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