I found myself descending
Having lost my way let me go up
Having lost my way let me go down
I have no other work to do
It would have been better
No to be the mother
It is sorrowful
When a son goes away
Let alone
And when he dies
I watched quietly
When the grave was being dug
Knowing that he won't come back
And I shall not be here
For much longer
Even if I become
Like a king or like the wind
Never
Never will death
Stay away
But when he called me from above
Neither voice nor word to say yes
We just quietly say yes to him
It is a debt
Which must be paid
Here is your flesh
Take it from me
It seems to me
That you can't destroy it
Having spent the day with pain
Am I going to spend the night with pain?
This living to eat
Is so tiring for me
I am feeling cold inside
Let me go on seeking fire
Even death is better
Than this useless life
The mast of a ship
A nakedness
The leader of whores
Sheds the female breast
He tramples down
The vast furnace
Godlike and piercing
Binding and bitter
And cleaving asunder
Bones bound together
And paleness breaking
And rending
Abiding in a place
Tending into nothingness
Dampness tending onto corruption
Corruption
Corruption
Corruption
And merchants in trembling
Dragged down into horror
Terrible and whirling
The dust in the palm
Sublime circumcision
Solitude and desolation
A goatherd unto lost
All destruction
Grinding thin powder
Withering and fading
The reaping-hook of dullness
Earth thrown up
All flesh turn
The mountains are cast out
Lions trembling with fury
Thy braking in my barrenness
The destroyer of days
The silent lion
We know him fury
The death of flesh
He moves with a creeping motion
They destroy by the sky flame
Of their smoky breath
The painbringers
They shriek with a
Long
Drawn
Cry
Whilst I thought I was climbing I found myself descending Having lost my way let me go up Having lost my way let me go down I have no other work to do It would have been better No to be the mother It is sorrowful When a son goes away Let alone And when he dies I watched quietly When the grave was being dug Knowing that he won't come back And I shall not be here For much longer Even if I become Like a king or like the wind Never Never will death Stay away But when he called me from above Neither voice nor word to say yes We just quietly say yes to him It is a debt Which must be paid Here is your flesh Take it from me It seems to me That you can't destroy it Having spent the day with pain Am I going to spend the night with pain? This living to eat Is so tiring for me I am feeling cold inside Let me go on seeking fire Even death is better Than this useless life The mast of a ship A nakedness The leader of whores Sheds the female breast He tramples down The vast furnace Godlike and piercing Binding and bitter And cleaving asunder Bones bound together And paleness breaking And rending Abiding in a place Tending into nothingness Dampness tending onto corruption Corruption Corruption Corruption And merchants in trembling Dragged down into horror Terrible and whirling The dust in the palm Sublime circumcision Solitude and desolation A goatherd unto lost All destruction Grinding thin powder Withering and fading The reaping-hook of dullness Earth thrown up All flesh turn The mountains are cast out Lions trembling with fury Thy braking in my barrenness The destroyer of days The silent lion We know him fury The death of flesh He moves with a creeping motion They destroy by the sky flame Of their smoky breath The painbringers They shriek with a Long Drawn Cry Explain Request ×
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