The dandy

With a ghostly light ray

The moon illumines the crystal flasks

Upon the dark altar-the holy Washbasin

Of the taciturn Dandy from Bergamo.

In the resonant bronze basin

The fountains laugh a metallic clangor.

With a ghostly light ray

The moon illumines the crystal flasks.

Pierrot with waxen complexion

Stands deep in thought: What makeup for today?

He shoves aside the red and oriental green

And paints his face in sublime style

With a ghostly light ray.