>>23920574
English translation of Goethe’s Der Erlkönig (1782) by Edgar Alfred Bowring
Who rides so late through the night so wild?
It is the father with his child;
He holds the boy in his arm so tight,
He clasps him safely, he keeps him warm.“My son, why do you hide your face in fear?”
“Father, don’t you see the Erl-King near?
The Erl-King with crown and flowing train?”
“My son, it is a streak of mist again.”“Dear child, come, go with me!
I’ll play the prettiest games with thee;
Many bright flowers grow on the shore,
My mother has many a golden robe in store.”“Father, my father, and don’t you hear
What the Erl-King softly promises in my ear?”
“Be calm, stay calm, my child, don’t fret:
The wind is rustling the dry leaves yet.”“Will you come, lovely boy, will you come along?
My daughters shall sing you a lovely song;
My daughters lead the nightly dance so round,
And rock and dance and sing you to sleep with their sound.”“Father, my father, and can’t you see there
Erl-King’s daughters in the gloom so drear?”
“My son, my son, I see it plain indeed:
The old willows look so grey in the breeze.”“I love you; your beautiful form excites me so;
And if you’re not willing, I’ll take you by force, I’ll show.”
“Father, my father, now he is seizing me!
The Erl-King has hurt me, he’s holding me!”The father shudders, he spurs on his steed,
He holds in his arms the groaning child with speed;
He reaches the courtyard weary and dread—
In his arms the child was dead.
>>23920515
Fairies is FEY and sometimes fags use that word for themselves too.
Old English: fǣġe (pronounced roughly “fay-yuh”) = “fated to die,” “doomed.”
Fairies weren't like Disney cutsy but were considered seriously dangerous. For instance they might, via spells or whatever, control your fate.