Urn Burial

Prayer and Meditation

Tulips and daffodils bloomed, they bloomed for you, they bloomed for me; They have withered, they have dried up, because today I have to get away from you. The blue and the white lilacs have lost their grace; It will never bloom for us again, because today I have to get away from you. The red and white roses bloom neither for you nor for me; They must wither unpicked, because today I must be away from you.

The asters and mignonette blossom, what good is it to you, what good is it to me; Another will break them both, because today I have to get away from you. I pick the very last yellow flowers, the marigolds; They bloom on the grave of love, because today I have to get away from you.

I moved in as a stranger, I move out again as a stranger. May was kind to me with many a bouquet of flowers. The girl spoke of love, the mother even of marriage - Now the world is so gloomy, the road is covered in snow. I can't choose the time for my travels: I have to show the way myself in this darkness. a shadow of the moon travels with me as my companion, and on the white meadows I look for the footsteps of the wild.

How long should I stay before I'm driven out? Let crazy dogs howl in front of their master's house! Love loves to wander - God made it that way - From one to the other - Fine darling, good night! Don't want to disturb you in your dream, it would be a pity for your rest, you shouldn't hear my step - Gently, gently close the door! I only write as I go to the gate: Good night! So that you may see, I was thinking of you. All the best on the final journey, and rest in peace!