Inside your eyes glew open fire
which burned my body whole and whole,
nobody´s ever since been able
to get the flames out of my soul.
Inside your eyes I saw an ocean,
I drowned in them with every look,
I tried to find your ocean´s secret,
deep on the ground, how long it took.
Today I know your secret´s answer,
your eyes are entries to your heart,
by looking through this deepest water
I got to know you, every part.
You seemed so serious, so quiet,
you didn´t seem to laugh at all,
I should have seen: Your eyes were laughing,
Through them you talked like water´s fall.
I wish I could have known it early,
I would have been no stupid girl,
I wish I could turn back the minutes,
Maybe I would have kept my pearl.
Tage eilen in grauen Kleidern
an mir vorbei, doch ich
glaube zu schweben, eingehüllt
in einem Mantel aus Licht.
Ich habe noch viel vor
und halte die Uhren an,
doch das Leben läuft [ ... ]
Strahlend wärmt der Sonnenschein nach dürstend, finsterer Zeit.
Licht und Wärme streichelt alle Sinne, die wir haben.
Ein Märchen scheint erwacht zu sein, in einem bunten Kleid.
Des Lebens [ ... ]
Gevatter Tod, -unsichtbarer Geselle,
verbreitest bisweilen Angst und Schrecken,
stehst von Anbeginn schon vor der Tür,
gehst neben mir, trittst an des Lebens Stelle.