Charons Pond -

Far away in a Northern landscape, governed by rocks

There’s a dark body of water, surrounded by a forest

Seeming bottomless, sunken trees drift in it

Misty haze rises from the water, fills up the air

Every dusk I move to this place, my destiny

To look there after my drowned love, long ago

Because on the bottom of this pond, my darling stays

And dreams the everlasting Dream of Eternity

Don’t go too close ashore —

Or else my darling reaches for you

And draws you downwards to himself and

Never lets you go

At this place we made love for the first time

And in this pond you had to give your life

Directed by destiny, I dive into this water

To the bottom of it, till I can see his pale face

Don’t go too close ashore —

Or else my darling reaches for you

And draws you downwards to himself and

Never lets you go