Death, it may have appeared
As if your cold crumbled lips
Like a chalice filled with wine
Slowly drained me of what once was life
And replaced it with an endless void

Melancholy, as if a dark shadow
Like a veil of blackest velvet
Has covered my sight
Leaving me a shade of eternal night

Gone is the spark that shone in my eyes
Left are two bottomless wells, absented from life
Here, where darkness dwells in the purest of forms
To sprinkle the seeds of agony and despair
And to bar the rays of light

How I yearn to reach
The unknown world behind the border
Delightful death may seem
Like a fair temptress waiting with open arms
To embrace me with all her warmth

Fatal is the poison that floats in my veins
As I've drunk the bittersweet beverage
From the blazing goblet of death
A dying man
I gaze into the sun, as it sets for the last time

About to leave this deplorable world behind
Now, I bid you all my last farewell
A trade note written with straggling letters
Is what I've left for the wretched living
Sincerely I wish that you all would die with me!