A dismal thought, somber reflection Returns to haunt me day and night I must leave, set on a journey on a quest under the dim moonlight
I travel through light through fire and ice through the molten rock onto the yonder side
Moon lights the garden by the shoreless sea 'Twix the dark mountains heavenhigh Where the melancholy trees grieve Where the blue backwoods wail
In my eyes the autumn gloom still dwells Born out of the pale sorrowed sky Poured out of the well of mourn
A stagnant tarnish cannot refresh me Nor can the murky pond bring me joy As I glare into the deepest of waters Into the swirling depths of eternal yearn
O weeping nymph of the well fair maiden of the fountain Guide me wherein the somber dwell Whereto thy golden tears fell
Into the lofty lake long forgotten the deep sea of silent mourn
There a heavy heart is relieved All the burdens washed away By the songs of the silent water Melodies of the weary May
Awakened when all is lost into night The blazing sun takes me into her lap And laughs at me, mocks me with her light Burning I fall into glaciers below
And there I drown in peace eternal Evertrapped in a melancholy rest In the embrace of the cold depth, I lie released of mourn and sorrow