1. The specter of death: What frightens the deserts
Of destinies that embrace souls

2. People found poison in your cups
Yet I found in them comfort

3. So serve me more, prolonged has been my vigil and stay
And I wished for intoxication and comfort

4. Do not rush with it, for the night has arrived
Leave me be, until the dawn revives

5. Wait until I bid farewell to the sun’s light
As it intends to shine farewell

6. Then take me to you, O gentle death
Happily, to restful annihilation

7. That is the lamp of my youth and prime
So hurry and extinguish the lamp