Tristan et Iseult - Part 2

He who cares for me
Is there to greet us
Is there to welcome me home

But WE have already defiled THEIR betrothal
Not just because of a potion
Not just because of Brangwain

I love Iseult
J'aime Iseult
Rwyf wrth fy modd Iseult

And SHE
But she must marry HIM
But she must marry Mark

HE holds a banquet in my honor
To honor my rescue of HER
To honor the prize I brought HIM

So I sit to her right
He sits to her left
Between her lover and betrothed

To hide our destruction of THEIR union
Brangwain will lie with him
Brangwain will help us meet in secret

To be in love is hard
To love her takes all of me
To love her in secret is risky

Tonight we will meet
Under the stars
Under a tree, the Dool tree

We want to runaway
But to break his heart we can't
But to break the covenant we can't

Months pass by, we love in secret
She never sleeps with him
She never loves HIM like I

Mark becomes concerned
Those dratted courtiers lie
Those dratted courtiers sow seeds of doubt

They lie and say I want his kingdom
They want it though
They want all of Cornwall

Melot, my old friend leads them
He wants to kill me
He wants me gone

So I challenge him to fight
And Iseult is scared
And Iseult will cure me

His sword against mine we clash
He thinks he will win
He thinks he is better

But I fall on his sword on purpose
For when HE hears, he will be angry
For when HE hears, he will have HER heal me

So I spend days in her chamber, alone
Alone with her
Alone to make love

And later my faithful servant, Kurnewall
Will kill Melot
Will kill for me

Other traps we must lay
Like to have her send me away
Like to not step on the flour between the beds

We meet under our tree
But once I saw my uncle's reflection
But once SHE saw her husband's shadow

All this is how we love for three years time
We sleep together when we can
We be together when we can

But He soon will discover
Forever our unfaithfulness cannot go
Forever apart would kill us though

To be continued...