«— Stonecutter, stonecutter, aproned in white, / What are you building? for whom? / — Hey, do not trouble us. We must build right. / From this a prison will come. — Stonecutter, stonecutter, levelling true, / What man inside it will grieve? / — Neither your brother, O rich man, nor...»
«The shining splendour of your eyes I bless! / It shone on the delirium that was mine. The smile that lingers on your lips I bless! / For it has made me drunken as with wine. The poison hidden in your kiss I bless! / Its venom drove my dreams and thoughts astray. The sickle that is your embr...»
«1ST VOICE Where art thou, my darling? / Lean down over me. / While I slept unfurling / Dark wings threatened me. / Night, with no dawn breaking. / Held me in its thrall. / And my heart was aching... 2ND VOICE I hear someone call. 1ST VOICE Why art thou far parted? / Void the air a...»
«Oh, where are you, Huns, who are coming? / As a cloud you swell over us here. / I can hear iron footsteps a-drumming / On the yet undiscovered Pamir. From your camps in the mist let the gathered / Hordes drunkenly fall in a flood; / Give new life to our bodies withered / With your free ...»