Ash covered leaves, green grey winter You can't wash these stains This snow doesn't melt away Black dirt always grins Under the bleak coma white Ash covered leaves, green grey winter Still my hands grope for flames They touch the soul of frost Looking for the hidden seed The hope is grotesque and vain Sad still life weeps for spring Ash covered leaves, green grey winter The blue moment in the noon Reveals to be the last of the lights Caress the green joy from the tree of life This cold season will wither us all