King David

Introduction

King David (1005 – 965 BC) sent his army to wage war against the Ammonities, a tribe from a region east of the Dead Sea and he stayed behind in Jerusalem for wooing Bathsheeba. Against the backdrop of the war, the following scene takes place.

Bathsheeba, my dear mirror,

Don’t singe the heart with thy sunny locks

Call the moon to caress the burnt soul

Oh, ‘no’ to the magic in thy lips

Is it fair to hypnotise with thy look?

See, how I float in water very light

Hark! Flying high like a lark

It ‘s ‘maya’, they say

To catch a fish with a hook

No more rage or bitterness

When will thou shed thy skin?

And let me see thy colour

A trance, in deed, that nothing can penetrate

Why do thou cast a glance at?

See, how the lips lost control and sing

A war, a war, a war

Come hither to wage a war!

In my heart with thy eyes

Neither a king nor a husband

A friend to call thee

A mural on the wall

Or a sculpture on the mall

An everlasting symbol

To live long in the hearts

Of all in the annals of history