Orfeo's Wife is His Life

Sir Orfeo arrived to see the fairy king

He exclaimed, “I come not to cry or sing

But rather I want to be here and stand

Before you and play with my harp in hand.”

The fairy king accepted his offer and let him play

As he would not regret it that day.

Orfeo’s playing was very beautiful and alluring

That the fairy king could not hold himself without ensuring

That this minstrel should be by his side playing

Everyday for him without delaying.

The king would offer Orfeo whatever he would desire

As long as he would play for him everyday to admire.

Otherwise, Orfeo may choose to go on his way,

But never to return, much to his dismay.

Orfeo was uncertain about staying in the kingdom of faerie

But he knew in his heart that this was necessary.

For he loved his Herodis with all his heart,

So he decided to stay and not depart.

He ended up paying with his life

To stay in the land of fairy to be with his wife.

As many as thousands of years have passed,

Still no one in Thrace would know of last

When Sir Orfeo had ruled his kingdom of Thrace

As it lays barren with no king in its place.

Sir Orfeo continues to live eternally with his days occupied

As he plays for the fairy king with his love by his side.

This is an alternative ending of Sir Orfeo

Which now you have come to know.