The Ballad of Hedrin and Avis

One of the most touching tales in the legends of Zavak, it is the subject of numerous works of art and also the most famous opera to come from Porchiis.

Recieval
Hedrin attended the first performance of the opera, and was so moved by the piece that he declared Porchiis to be sacred to him, and caused a new species of bird to live there: the dawnling.

Avis attended the second performance and, before the third act had started, had left the theatre in tears. Attending nymphs had issued the statement that, while the piece was very beautiful, the subject matter brought up painful memories for her.

Synopsis
The story opens up with the tale of how Hedrin first saw Avis. This song, the "Viewfenwailer," has several versions in defferent languages which are often sung by the lower classes and artistocracy alike.

Songs
Here are the lyrics, translated into one of the more vulgar tongues, of the mosre popular songs from this opera.

Avis Torrentould
Oh! The net that draws me in

How it cuts

This binding how it

Cuts and brands my flesh

Marks of red upon this white flesh

Eagles why do you throw this net?

Why does it cling about me?

We throw this net, fair creature, in a hunt, in a hunt

We throw this net, fair creature in a hunt

Alas I am chased

I am run ragged

See my limbs beat the earth

See how my tears fall

The earth is hard under my fists

Why, mighty eagles, am I hunted?

You are hunted, fair creature, for love, for love

<p style="text-align: center;">You are hunted, fair creature, for love

<p style="text-align: center;">What terrible love, oh eagles

<p style="text-align: center;">Calls for bloodshed?

<p style="text-align: center;">See where rubbed raw my

<p style="text-align: center;">Divine blood falls in crimson drops

<p style="text-align: center;">See where rubbed raw my

<p style="text-align: center;">Divine blood streaks the rocks as tears

<p style="text-align: center;">We shall carry you off to your bridegroom

<p style="text-align: center;">No!

<p style="text-align: center;">We shall carry you off to your bridegroom

<p style="text-align: center;">No! No!

<p style="text-align: center;">We shall carry you off to your bridegroom

<p style="text-align: center;">For his love burns like the sun in the morning sky

<p style="text-align: center;">I become ten thousand white hares

<p style="text-align: center;">See me run through your net

<p style="text-align: center;">I become as fleet as the wind

<p style="text-align: center;">See me scatter in every drection

<p style="text-align: center;">Oh she is gone

<p style="text-align: center;">She is scattered

<p style="text-align: center;">See how she flees

<p style="text-align: center;">Ten thousand white hares across the moor

<p style="text-align: center;">Oh she is gone

<p style="text-align: center;">She is scattered

<p style="text-align: center;">She flees

<p style="text-align: center;">See how she runs with the fading light

<p style="text-align: center;">Oh how shall we capture ten thousand white hares?

<p style="text-align: center;">They run faster that we may fly

<p style="text-align: center;">Oh how shall we capture ten thousand white hares?

<p style="text-align: center;">See how they escape our view

Influences on Popular Culture
The image of a hawk chasing a rabbit are often shown in the background of paintings and tapestries depicting lovers who are in the early stages of courtship. Tokens of affection with doves and hares in embrace are typical gifts among lovers in Porchiis, and