Farewell

Farewell, my mother, let me go,

I'm dying now, I'm sinking low.

With sorrow burning in my chest,

Don't weep for me, don't grieve the best.

I could not live among mankind,

A cold poison dwells in my mind.

The things I lived for, loved so deep,

I wrecked them all in madness' sweep.

With prideful soul I walked apart,

And let true happiness depart.

I saw the blood that stained the ground,

And cursed both faith and love profound.

I drained the cup until the end,

My soul is poisoned, darkened, spent.

Now I'm fading in the quiet night,

But death brings peace, a lighter weight, a light.

I've wiped the mark of earth away,

Above the trembling dust I stay.

Let slaves of passion live their chase -

Such fire is loathsome to my grace.

This world is madness, a dreadful dream,

Life's just a funeral song's cold stream.

So now I end my days at last,

Singing my final hymn, my last.

And you, with anguish in your heart,

Don't cry in vain above my part.