If you ask us how we live,
lovers all essentials give
We can ride on lovers' sighs,
warm ourselves in lovers' eyes
Bathe ourselves in lovers' tears,
clothe ourselves with lovers' fears
Arm ourselves with lovers' darts,
hide ourselves in lovers' hearts

Tripping hither, tripping thither,
nobody knows why or whither
We must dance and we must sing,
round about our fairy ring

We are dainty little fairies
ever singing, ever dancing
We indulge in our vagaries
in a fashion most entrancing