If you live ten thousand years
To wear out the carpets,
To wear out the furniture,
And all these paintings, all these antiques!
And anything that you so treasured
Then you will see how my love lasts,
Above and beyond any that endures!
If you live five thousand years
To see upheavals,
To see earthquakes
Level mountains to become oceans
You will see how my love lasts,
Never changing, never changing.
If you live just till five hundred,
It will be enough to see
That anything outside one's heart
Never lasts till eternity.
But if you live within one hundred,
Like often a human's life,
You will know soon, one day the last page
Turns over and death arrives!
However, bring my love with you;
That's the only thing you can do!
For others are subject to damage
Long before one rests one's soul.
But I wish you will live only one year,
For I can't bear anymore tears,
For I can't bear anymore heartbreaks,
And the loneliness in the years!...
You will not live, not one more day!
I buried you, yesternight...
In memories with the blue soul, red heart.
Take them: Presents for another life!
To G.P. without sending
Munchen,
January '79