It was a divine hour for the human race.
Before, the Swan sang only at its death.
But when the Wagnerian swan began to sing,
there was a new dawning, and a new life.

The song of the Swan is heard above the storms
of the human sea; its aria never ceases;
it dominates the hammering of old Thor,
and the trumpets hailing the sward of Argentir.

Oh Swan! Oh sacred bird!
If once white Helen,
immortal princess of Beauty's realms,
emerged all grace from Leda's sky-blue egg,
so now,

beneath the white of your wings,
the new Poetry,
here in a splendor of music and light,
conceives the pure,
eternal Helen who is the Ideal.
Ruben Dario


For One Moment, Oh Swan

For one moment, oh Swan,
I will join my longings
with those of your two wings
that once clasped Leda,
and you, in silk,
will tell my maturing dreams,
through Castor and Pollux,
of all the heavens' glory.

It is autumn now.
The flute pours out its councels.
For one instant, oh Swan,
in the darkening grove,
I will drink with my two lips
what modesty forbids,
disdaining scruples and suspicions.

Swan, for an instant
your white wings will be mine,
and the roselike heart
within your glorious breast
will beat within my own
with your strong blood.

Love will be happy,
because of the vibrant joy
that Pan will feel as he spies
from his green ambush,
and the diamantine fount
will hide a rhythm.
Ruben Dario


Swan Lake is just about one of
the most famous of classical Ballet.
The dance portrays a prince who is fighting
for the love of the Swan Queen.
This beautiful ballet
is by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
I hope you enjoy watching my dancing
ballet baby as much as I do!