Oberon's aria Welcome wanderer.. I know a bank
From A Midsummer night's dream
Original Written by William Shakespeare
by Composed by Benjamin Britten

Text in English
Welcome wanderer!
Hast thou the flower there?

I know a bank where the wild thyme blows
Where Oxlips and the nodding violet grows
Quite over canopied with luscious woodbine,
with sweet muskroses and with Eglantine :

There sleeps Titania sometime of the night.
Lull'd in these flowers with dances and delight :

And there the snake throws her enameled skin,
Weed wide enough to wrap a fairy in :

And with the juice of this I'll streak her eyes,
And make her full of hateful fantasies.

Take thou some of it, and seek through this groove :
A sweet Athenian lady is in love with a disdainful youth :
Anoint his eyes; but do it when the next thing he espies
May be the lady : thou shalt know the man by the Athenian
garments he hath on..

Contralto : Tae Kyu Kim