Why do songs leap to these lips now,
suddenly awake?
Perhaps in the heart, wings and love
have awakened, a rustling wake.
How did these eyes learn the blush, the secret,
the shy embrace?
Slowly, maiden, your childhood
is a fading trace.
Oh, it's not fading, it's gone, your childhood
has utterly passed,
Days of adornment are arriving,
too quickly amassed.
Come, be wary, oh maiden, be wary, and fast,
Be wary, be wary, oh, be wary, before your soul is cast.
Your childhood has passed, your childhood
has completely fled,
Days of adornment are arriving,
a future to be read.
Come, be wary, oh maiden, be wary, and quick,
Be wary, be wary, oh, be wary, lest you fall and are sick.
These new days arrive, tell me, what do they bring, what do they bring?
Oh, how shall I escape, what should I do,
let someone sing.
My eyes, without kohl, are bare,
like a water gun, the air.
My eyes, without kohl, are bare,
like a water gun, a snare.
Maiden walks with a playful stride,
in a way that cannot be denied.
Playful she walks with a playful stride,
in a way that cannot be denied.
Oh, your slender waist does not sway,
Your slender waist does not sway.
Come, be wary, oh maiden, be wary today,
Be wary, be wary, oh, be wary, come what may.
Do not torment us, make your peace, leave,
do not raise such a spray.
Do not torment us, make your peace, leave,
do not raise such a spray.
This teasing game, a curious way,
do not try this on me, I say.
This teasing game, a curious way,
do not try this on me, I pray.
Maiden, do not walk so proud,
Maiden, you must listen, and be bowed.
Be wary, be wary, oh, be wary, I avow,
Your childhood has passed, your youth is but a cloud.
Your childhood has passed, your childhood is gone,
Days of adornment are arriving, and you are being drawn.
Come, be wary, oh maiden, be wary, and dawn,
Be wary, be wary, oh, be wary, before your soul is withdrawn.
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