It's the end of a long quest A real new beginning Renouncing forever The futile search for meaning Renouncing forever The futile search for pleasure To search on far horizons For life's real deepest measure Adieu to you all! Your Sage has gone on far ahead! In your ignorance you struggle; You'll struggle till you're dead Bewildered by your questions Dismayed by your ideas Felled by your vain certainties And staggered by your tears He listened to you weeping The existential scream But in all your futile fighting What do you really mean? Adieu to you all! Your Sage has gone on far ahead! In your ignorance you struggle; You'll struggle till you're dead On him fall the tears of Heaven On him and on the Earth around Let your tears pass from misery to action Let none forget his tears That in his life fell to the ground Adieu to you all! Your Sage has gone on far ahead In your ignorance you struggle; You'll struggle till you're dead Of him there will remain a living memory What will we all make of His dark history?