Daughter of mine, my dear, aman, aman!
Don't throw yourself to the sea
For the sea is unforgiving
See, it will carry you away.
Let it take me, let it bring me, aman, aman!
Seven fathoms deep1
Let me be swallowed by a black fish
To save me from love.
Daughter of mine, my dear, aman, aman!
Don't go to wash by
the cold fountain water
there's a knight there
giving his horse water
See, he'll carry you away.
Let him take me, let him bring me, aman, aman!
Among the blooming rosemary
Because my house is so small
And the sun never comes through;
Inside these cold walls
I've lost, mother, my color.2
If he takes me it's because I wanted it, aman, aman!
In the sea I will stay
I'll turn my body into a ship
With a fishing net the sail will go
My arms will row it on its way
Because in the darkness there is light.
1. or measuring the depth of water, seven fathoms equals 42 feet or 12.8016 meters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fathom2. she's turned pale