In my father's garden
Alma Mahler
In my father's garden --
Bloom, my heart, bloom forth! --
In my father's garden
Stands a leafy apple tree --
Sweet dream --
Stands a leafy apple tree.
Three blonde King's daughters --
Bloom, my heart, bloom forth -
Three wondrous maidens
Slept under the apple tree --
Sweet dream --
Slept under the apple tree.
The youngest of the fine ladies --
Bloom, my heart, bloom forth! --
The youngest of the fine ladies
Blinked but did not awake --
Sweet dream --
Blinked but did not awake.
The second moved a hand over her hair --
Bloom, my heart, bloom forth! --
The second moved a hand over her hair,
Saw the morning's hemline of red --
Sweet dream --
Saw the morning's hemline of red.
She spoke: Did you not hear the drum?
Bloom, my heart, bloom forth! --
She spoke: Did you not hear the drum?
Clearly through the twilight space --
Sweet dream --
Clearly through the twilight space?
My beloved joins me on the battlefield --
Bloom, my heart, bloom forth --
My beloved joins me on the battlefield,
Kisses me as the victor on the hem of my uniform --
Sweet dream --
Kisses me as the victor on the hem of my uniform.
The third spoke -- and spoke so softly --
Bloom, my heart, bloom forth! --
The third spoke -- and spoke so softly --
I kiss the hem of my beloved's uniform.
Sweet dream --
I kiss the hem of my beloved's uniform.
In my father's garden --
Bloom, my heart, bloom forth! --
In my father's garden
Stands a leafy apple tree --
Sweet dream --
Stands a leafy apple tree.