Memoria

False world goodbye,

The enemy to rest

Now do the worst,

I do not weigh the spite

Free from the cares,

I live forever blessed

Enjoying peace and heavenly true delight

Round the world and back again

Is very far to roam

The footloose life of now and then

A wind-bound exile far from home

The leaves that just are open now

They'll have to fade and fall

Their faithful ever blooming now

Is merely in pain at all

Time's endlessly weighing

If you're prepared for the great trial

You know that you're just waiting

For the old man's smile

I remember all words spoken

All the songs that had been sung

How gracious were our hearts unbroken

When you and me were, oh, so young

Can't you see the coming dawn

Of summer day

Can't you smell the fear

For this endless way

False world goodbye,

The enemy to rest

Now do the worst,

I do not weigh the spite

Free from the cares,

I live for ever blessed

Enjoying peace and heavenly true delight

All the words remain unstated

All the songs I do not know

All too late my mind's elated

Take over now regretful woe

The summer's turning into pale

Finally I close my eyes

There is no use to desperate wail

Although it calls my soul to die at last