Friday, October 5, 2018

Song [The] Xth pg. 31



Song [The] Xth
On the altar- beautiful, quiet
She holds [her] hands crossed
Through a dream she smiles at me
But already you are not sleeping[1]
No, not even that behind you
I walk, pale as death
That I hold mourning for you
That I carry [you] to the grave
You no longer smell the fragrance
Of the faded white roses
A kiss on your temples
No longer awakens you
This is your marriage bed
And I, on such a day
Am barely alive, O my rose
I will begin something here
Because from you [my] poor mother
Was born into the world
I would love you to the end
Even thus placed in the[2] coffin




[1] Or, “But you are no longer sleeping”
[2] Or “a”

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