Wenn die Farben langsam verschwimmen
Und das Leben sich entzieht,
Wenn jeder *******schwerer
Und der Kreis fast vollkommen ist.

Dann zieh ich alles in mich ein
Ein letztes Mal dem Zog hingeben,
Dem göttlichen Leben
Entblößen in voller Ergebenheit.

Wirf mich ein letztes Mal hinauf
Dem Himmelreich will ich begegnen,
Fang mich ein letztes Mal auf,
Oh du verflucht(es), buntes Leben.

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When the colors slowly fade
And life withdraws,
When every step is harder
And the circle is almost fulfilled.

Then I draw everything into myself
Surrendering to the pull one last time,
To the divine life
Giving myself fully.

Throw myself up one last time
I want to meet the kingdom of heaven,
Catch me one last time,
Oh you ******, colorful life.

Perhaps it’s like
With the blue sky
That is never truly blue.

It veils the dark.
It hides the stars.
And yet, darkness is always there.

In the darkness we are born
And to the darkness
We return.

And in between,
a window
We call life.

Take me, darkness, for I am a sinner.
Take me, darkness, for I have lost my prayers.

The maze my ancestors left behind—
I don’t know how to escape.
We were promised paradise,
yet I wander among the exiled.

Oh darkness,
I don’t know how to live well
in this crumbling world of yours.
And I fear what my daughter will inherit
from what we once called Mother Earth.

Hold me—my sister, my friend, my lover—
for I am so tired of fighting.
There’s nowhere else to go,
and nothing left to do
but grieve.

Be with me, darkness,
so I can learn
to be/breathe again.