joy within
another's love
til the darkness of death
reaches home

dawn will come soon
they were happy in love
lucky through all
of their lives

the sun went down
its time for bed
the light sank into the west

spoken words
like sprinkled drops
the tongue lies down to sleep

not a word
while my parents sleep
i am off to see
the world

far from home
plotting mischief and life
i have no fear
for god is here

up and down
through the city
an unknown man
darkness began

sunstruck
forging ahead
all night long
and into the dawn

i am here
my unhappy end
my feelings
have met your eyes

in the hard years
you made it good
remember
all that you know

cowards creep
and brave men sleep
i should like to meet
my death

sorry all!
i have no wish
to pass onto
old age

but the gods kept dawdling
for incorrect offerings
and never called in
my days

the last two bags
that i had bought
i flushed them down the drain

and then i spent
the next two years
wishing to score again

a deadly game
it’s plain insane
chasing the sugar cane

but if you flee
successfully
you'll be unchained and free

the tears cease to fall
i do not mourn for man
yet i have lost a friend
so long has he been gone

his father let the tears
roll down his reddened cheeks
both hands before his eyes
in the midst of perplexities

old king!
pour out a little
for that young son
a rival of the gods

who met his doom
that noble prince
rise up
and pay devotion

to the man in the palace
in the kingdom of the sky
all is under
your watchful eye

to the plebeian proles
with mechanized souls
you’re the cogs
in the gears of god

what memories
what miseries
across the misty seas

in search of plunder
lightning and thunder
for years zeus reigned supreme

they sailed away
by heaven’s hand
and planned the homeward run

as a result
they came to grief
as their ship sank at dawn

your journey will end
if you were not true
you’ll come to nothing in life

so forget from your mind
those sour fools
there is no honor in them

you, meanwhile
truly have heart
go home and show yourself

enough of harsh words
and thoughts of violence
go straight on your father’s trail

eagles in flight
sailed down the wind
in formation, wing to wing

flapping their wings
with looks of death
their talons ripped cheeks and necks

the people bled
and some lost eyes
disaster under the skies

a great calamity
of bloody doom
the eagles returned to their tomb