sister, oh sister
we have given our hair to the witch
and in turn, she has given us a knife
her, see it is very sharp.
and you must, you must
plunge it into the prince’s heart
before the sun rises,
his warm blood must fall to your feet
so they will grow together into a fish’s tail
and you will be a mermaid once more
sister, oh sister
you can return to us,
live your three hundred years
before you return to salt and sea foam
haste sister, haste!
by sunrise, he or you must die
our old grandmother’s hair is falling off from sorrow
as ours fell under the witch’s scissors
kill the prince and come back
sister, oh sister
do you not see the first red streaks in the sky?
in a few minutes,
the sun will rise and you must die
Adapted from Hans Christian Anderson’s Little Mermaid (1836)
[ Image description: Four mermaid sisters are all framed by a rectangle. They are all facing the middle, each one reaching for the knife at the center. Each one of the sisters have their eyes shut, in tears, with their fins, tail, and newly cut hair fanning behind them. Going clockwise, the sister on the top right is holding the knife hand with one hand and covering the sea foam escaping from its top with the other hand. The sister on the bottom left is sitting, back straight, barely touching the side of the knife with one palm up and the other hand closed in a tight fist. Opposite her on the bottom left, this sister slouching in despair, one hand under the knife point, almost touching the tip. On the top right, the sister is crouching down to reach down and touch the blade. ]
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