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