Only a moment I bartered with her,
Only a moment of time,
Selling the good, the true, and the pure,
Buying the glitter of crime!
I sold her my soul for a moment of pleasure,
That moment has lengthened to years:
I sold her my soul for bliss without measure,
I bought all Eternity’s tears!
L’Envoy.
The Lurlei sits on the mountain’s top,