A noise pervades the night, nearing unwavering Roaring like thunder through canyons and valleys The rhythm of stamping footsteps or of a beating heart A disastrous deafening noise which is approaching Blind and weightless I am captured under earth, I cannot breathe This engenders such a pleasure, I hope I am not deceived There comes the creature, fulfils my demand It has the power, it takes my hand Blind and weightless I am captured under earth, I cannot breathe This engenders such a pleasure, I hope I am not deceived Perhaps this is the end I think Perhaps death is a sublime wonder Something living whose hands embrace me It is the embodiment of marvellous blessedness We ascend to the stars We leave the angles and holy ones behind us And the light too, and submerge Into divine darkness Leaving our earthly existence In oblivion all will be forgiven While tasting mud in my mouth, it commands me to emerge It dawns upon me that this is the end of my search I feel a gust touching my numb face like velvet And above the threatening clouds which veil the stars Blind and weightless I am captured under earth, I cannot breathe This engenders such a pleasure, I hope I am not deceived There comes the creature, fulfils my demand It has the power, it takes my hand