[KATISHA]
Alone, and yet alive! Oh, sepulchre!
My soul is still my body's prisoner!
Remote the peace that Death alone can give —
My doom, to wait! my punishment, to live!

Hearts do not break!
They sting and ache
For old love's sake
But do not die
Though with each breath
They long for death
As witnesseth
The living I!
The living I!

Oh, living I!
Come, tell me why
When hope is gone
Dost thou stay on?
Why linger here
Where all is drear?
Oh, living I!
Come, tell me why
When hope is gone
Dost thou stay on?
May not a cheated maiden die?
May not a cheated maiden die?