1. O this stillness, O ruler of death
And crafter of eternity and perpetuity,

2. You ruled over death before life,
And here you are, ruling over death.

3. O nothingness, where has my beloved gone?
O nothingness, where have you hidden my life?

4. Where is the abode of light that I see?
Where is the abode of song and voices?

5. O nothingness, where do you slumber in silence
And find rest for your eyelids?

6. Stop, and let me confide my sorrows to you,
Murmuring dazedly into your ear.

7. I found in life no ear to hear my complaints
Or a tender heart,

8. And so I have come to complain to you of my condition,
For you take pity on the sad and woeful.

9. I had in life an exultant heart
That would sing like a jubilant bird.

10. Sorrow has scorched its wing feathers,
And it plummeted like a wounded bird.

11. It endured its pain and scattered beams
Across that sky before the heart faded

12. And passed away, carrying with it into extinction
Distraction and chaos.