Persephone:
Pour the wine and raise a cup
Drink up, brothers, you know how
And spill a drop for Orpheus
Wherever he is now
Some birds sing
When the sun shines bright
My praise is not for them
But the one who sings
In the dead of night
I raise my cup to him
Persephone and Eurydice:
Wherever he is wandering
Alone upon the earth
Let all our singing follow him
Persephone:
And bring him comfort
Some flowers bloom
Where the green grass grows
Our praise is not for them
But the ones who bloom
In the bitter snow
Company:
We raise our cups to them
We raise our cups
And drink them up
Persephone:
We raise them high
And drink them dry
Company:
To Orpheus
and all of us
Persephone:
Goodnight, brothers
Goodnight.