[LEADER]
Have you fished for a fixed star with the lines of its light?
Have you dipped the moon from the sea with the cup of night?
Have you caught the rain's bow in a pool and shut it in?
Go, hunt the wild justice down to walk with men

[ENSEMBLE]
Hunt the wild justice down
Hunt the wild justice down

[LEADER]
Have you plotted the high cold course of a heron's flying
Or the thought of an old man dying?
Or the covered labyrinth of why you love where you love
Or, if one love you, why your love is true?
Only for a little, then
Tease the wild just down to dwеll with men

[ENSEMBLE]
Tease thе wild justice down
Tease the wild justice down

[LEADER]
When the first sails were set
On a small boat among the Cyclades
And a stranger's knife was wet
With the blood of a king
Proclaiming freedom and ease
And justice in everything
[ENSEMBLE]
But not quite yet, not yet

[LEADER]
And the son of the king, revenging, struck the stranger down
And there was rejoicing in the island town
And the son of the king reigned over happy slaves
'Til the son of the stranger, revenging, put out over the waves
To strike down the son of the king

[ENSEMBLE]
Were the ends of justice met?
Not yet
No, not quite yet
Not yet

[LEADER & ENSEMBLE]
When the first judge sat in his place
And the murderer held his breath
With fear of death in his face
Fear of death for death
And all that could be said
For or against was said
And the books were balanced
And two, not one, were dead
[LEADER]
Was justice caught in this net?

[ENSEMBLE]
Not yet
No, not quite yet
Not yet

[LEADER]
No, tug first at the fixed star on the lines of its light
Sieve the moon up out of the sea with the black seine of night
Snare first the rain's bow in a pool and close it in
The wild justice is not found in the haunts of men

[ENSEMBLE]
The wild justice is not found in the haunts of men