5 Jahre... [English translation]

On silent wings

the emptiness moves through my land

through dreams of longing

which I never found

dreams of a person

whom I once knew

It was somebody

who was called by my name

You killed it

choked it with your deeds

offended it

took advantage and betrayed its feelings

But it loved you as much

as only a person can

For 5 years I loved you

For 5 years, despite everything that happened

For 5 years, deferential to my love

For 5 years going to hell

A curse that has no name

now weighs down on it

On its broken heart

that seemed oh so sure

A curse that quietly grew

in its breast for years

Firmly embedded

on the very last page of this book

The name by which the deceased is known

is the same as my name

The soul here in its breast,

it knows no pity

I now look down on it

and see it resembles me

Through its death I will live

I but no longer us