The Rapsody - Dear Mallika

Dear Mallika

I've been missing you in my soul

Haven't seen you in what seems like centuries

I'm so cold...

And although I know you're safe in paradise,

still I can't help but worry

For your safety I'd pay any price

I'm sorry I didn't recognize your father's struggle

But it's hard to be understanding

with the amount of tasks I juggle

When I think of paradise and the natural springs flowing,

I get jealous of your father,

fearing your love for him might be growing

Lakmé: Dôme épais le jasmin

Mallika: Sous le dôme épais où le blanc jasmin

Lakmé: À la rose s'assemble

Mallika: À la rose s'assemble

Dear Mallika...

Lakmé: Rive en fleurs, frais matin,

Mallika: Sur la rive en fleurs, riant au matin,

Lakmé: Nous appellent ensemble.

Mallika: Viens, descendons ensemble.

When I held you in my arms

your skin was like a rose lightly caressed by the sun

I chose you before anyone

Walked through the garden barefoot

tasting mangoes in the forest

My feelings can't be captured by an artist,

it was beautiful in every heavenly way imagined

You're my hero, for you I'd slay any dragon,

dig tunnels to the depths of my own weakness

I miss all your gandeur, your splendor, your sweetness

your eloquence fine raiments sensitivity

In a land of a thousand paradises you're the epitome

And I'm missing you for love intensifies from yearning

I have a smoke filled aura for my insides are burning

My love is in your shadow, my prayers are always near

And although I live oppressed, Mallika, I have no fear

for I know that destiny will cause our paths to cross

and I shall possess once more the love I almost lost

(yes, yes, yes...)

Lakmé: Dôme épais le jasmin

Mallika: Sous le dôme épais où le blanc jasmin

Lakmé: À la rose s'assemble

Mallika: À la rose s'assemble

Dear Mallika...

Lakmé: Rive en fleurs, frais matin,

Mallika: Sur la rive en fleurs, riant au matin,

Sweet Mallika...

Mallika...

Lakmé: Nous appellent ensemble.

Mallika: Viens, descendons ensemble.

As for me, sweet Mallika

My country's in upheaval

men's hearts have darkened, reduced by silent evil

They oppress me for color, class, even religion

Vacuums filled with narcissism sucking up the living,

Colonial mentality, conquerors of peaceful tribes

I suffocate and grow weary trying to stand in the tide

But just knowing that one day I'll have Mallika by my side

helps me living on through the storm and pull the thorns from my sides

Lakmé: Dôme épais le jasmin

Mallika: Sous le dôme épais où le blanc jasmin

Lakmé: À la rose s'assemble

Mallika: À la rose s'assemble

Dear Mallika...

Lakmé: Rive en fleurs, frais matin,

Mallika: Sur la rive en fleurs, riant au matin,

Lakmé: Nous appellent ensemble.

Mallika: Viens, descendons ensemble.

Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet Mallika

For an eternity, I shall love you eternally

Wherever you go my heart goes with you

I'll always love you

We will always be one

• Artist:The Rapsody
• Album:rture: Hip Hop Meets Classic (1997)