In fading light
Life dances, twists, and crazily rushes
Impudent and shrill, while
Night rises

Appeasing all, even hunger
Hiding all, even shame
The Poet whispers to himself:
Finally!

While body and soul
Long desperately for rest
My heart seethes with deathly dreams

Let me lie on my back
And enshroud myself in your curtains
O nourishing darkness!