Prologue
Disney (Beauty & the Beast) Lyrics

Once upon a time, in a faraway land,
Our story begins in a land distant and separate from our present reality. It is an ancient castle where a young Prince lived.

A young Prince lived in a shining castle.
The Prince was a young man who lived in a magnificent castle filled with luxury and grandeur.

Although he had everything his heart desired,
Despite having all the abundance, pleasures, and privileges of life, the Prince remained dissatisfied.

The Prince was spoiled, selfish, and unkind.
This Prince was exceptionally privileged, but he became extremely self-serving, selfish, and unkind.

But then, one winter's night,
On a frosty, winter's evening, There came along an old beggar woman.

An old beggar woman came to the castle
The lady was a miserable pauper, wandering around seeking shelter.

And offered him a single Rose
She presented a single rose to the Prince, hoping for a kind gesture in return.

In return for shelter from the bitter cold.
In the hope of getting some warmth and safety from the bitter cold outside.

Repulsed by her haggard appearance,
The spoiled Prince, however, refuses her request, disgusted by the poor and worn-out look of the old woman.

The Prince sneered at the gift,
The Prince reacted with contempt and disdain towards the feeble woman's kind gesture.

And turned the old woman away.
He rejects her offering and slams the door in her face.

But she warned him not to be deceived by appearances,
The lady advised the Prince of the consequences of judging other humans by their looks.

For Beauty is found within.
She emphasized that true beauty is not only the outside appearance but also how one carries themselves on the inside.

And when he dismissed her again,
When the Prince slammed the door, he made a grave implication, and he was about to pay for it.

The old woman's ugliness melted away
The Prince witnessed the incredible transformation of the beggar lady. She was not what she seemed from the initial glance.

To reveal a beautiful Enchantress.
The old beggar lady discloses her genuine nature. She’s actually an alluring and mystical enchantress, and the angered Prince realizes too late.

The Prince tried to apologize, but it was too late,
The Prince tries to fix the mess he had created, but it was already too late.

For she had seen that there was no love in his heart.
The Enchantress realized that the Prince's heart was filled with no love for anyone besides himself.

And as punishment,
And in punishment, the Enchantress made a decisive move against the Prince.

She transformed him into a hideous beast,
The Enchantress transforms the Prince into a monster-like Beast that lacks any human-like beauty, and thereby also robbing him of his privilege.

And placed a powerful spell on the castle,
She spells the castle with an intense magic enchantment that affects everyone who lives there, including the staff.

And all who lived there.
Every person who lived and worked within the castle walls came under the spell's influence.

Ashamed of his monstrous form,
The Prince turned Beast is extremely self-conscious of his repulsive appearance and hides himself away from the exterior world.

The beast concealed himself inside his castle,
He sought refuge by hiding within the castle fortifications, far away from the judgment of people out there.

With a magic mirror as his only window to the outside world.
The only way he can glimpse the outside environment is through a magical mirror that reflects everything within its vicinity.

The Rose she had offered,
The Rose that the Enchantress offered to the Prince unexpectedly transformed into a magical one that comes with a significant burden.

Was truly an enchanted rose,
The Rose itself is enchanted, carrying within it a curse placed on the Beast by the Enchantress.

Which would bloom for many years.
The Rose would continue to have life within it, despite the passage of time, long after the Beast and the castle would have vanished without a trace.

If he could learn to love another,
The Beast could be released from the curse leading back to his Human form only on one condition – if he learned to love someone.

And earn her love in return,
As well as receiving love in return from a certain person.

By the time the last petal fell,
But this wouldn't be easy, and he only had a limited period- the spell would break when the last petal from the enchanted rose dropped.

Then the spell would be broken.
If he finds love before the petal falls, he will be released from the curse.

If not, he would be doomed to remain a beast For all time.
If he doesn't find love before the last petal falls, the curse would weigh a lot harder, and he would remain cursed forever.

As the years passed,
As time went on, the Prince turned Beast was coming to terms with his new form as he remained confined to the castle.

He fell into despair, and lost all hope,
The Beast lost any hope of love and accepted that he was going to be cursed forever.

For who could ever learn to love, A Beast?
The Beast began to believe that it was impossible for anyone to look past his monstrous nature and show him the love he desired.