Fantasy

Mahler, Gustav

The maiden stepped out of the fisherman's hut,

and cast her nets out into the sea!

And even if no fish entered the net,

the fishergirl yet trapped some hearts!

The winds blow so coolly about,

softly telling an old folktale!

The sea gleams in the dusk,

the fishergirl does not feel love's sting

in her heart, in her heart!