Lully, Lully

Lully, lully, little babe,
Lully, lully, little treasure.
Your father will come home with a net,
Full of a silvery treasure.

Lully, lully, little babe,
Lully, lully, littlest one.
Your father will come home with a net
Full of the captured sun.

Lully, lully, little babe,
Lully, lully, sweet and small.
Your father will come home with a net
Full of the night's long trawl.

Lully, lully, little babe,
Lully, lully, that smallest are!
Your father will come home with a net
Whose each strand is a glowing star.

Lully, lully, little babe,
Lully, lully, in your sweet swoon.
Your father will come home with a net
Full of the swimming moon.

Lully, lully, little babe,
Lully, lully, whose mother sings:
Your father will come home with a net
Full of feathers from seagulls' wings.

Lully, lully, littlest babe,
Lully, lully, O little love set apart.
Your father will come home with a net
Shining like the love in my heart.