First song in a set of songs on the theme of being separated from one's Beloved.

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Who knows whether the
candle's wax tears are shed
because of its proximity
to the fire or from its
separation from the honey
of the hive?

Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi

Dauphin is the French term for the heir to the throne, I have always understood it to imply a prince who is missing from his intended throne. This is just one song in a entire cycle on the theme of separation from one's Beloved.

What's become ancient mem'ry
Dauphin, why thee wander
Silent among wailing banshee,
Where's thy true love?

What does their song recall
Dauphin, aren't you lonely
Here in thier emerald ocean vault
Dauphin with your banshees?

What else have you forgotten?
What else did you know?

Have they made you a promise
Dauphin, will they be true?
Always, and forever profess
Their love for you?

Or did they steal thy heart
Dauphin, and rip thy breast,
Tearing it, piece by piece, apart
With their savagness?

Did thy lover wisk it away
Dauphin, one more trophy
For mermaids in the ocean main,
Dauphin, she's thy banshee?

What else have thee forgotten,
Dauphin?

Kevin Germain -- 2001