"Deathfugue" (Paul Celan)

Black milk of daybreak we drink it at evening

we drink it at midday and morning we drink it at night

we drink and we drink

we shovel a grave in the air where you won’t lie too cramped

A man lives in the house he plays with his vipers he writes

he writes it and steps out of doors and the stars are all sparkling he whistles his hounds to stay close

he whistles his Jews into rows has them shovel a grave in the ground

he commands us play up for the dance

Black milk of daybreak we drink you at night

we drink you at morning and midday we drink you at evening

we drink and we drink

A man lives in the house plays with his vipers he wirtes

he writes when it grows dark to Deutschland your golden hair Maragereta

Your ashen hair Shulamith we shovel a grave in the air

where you won’t lie too cramped

He shouts dig this earth deeper you lot there you others sing up and play

he grabs for the rod in his belt he swings it his eyes are so blue

stick your spades deeper you lot there you others play on for the dancing

Black milk of daybreak we drink you at night

we drink you at midday and morning we drink you at evening

we drink and we drink

a man lives in the house your goldenes Haar Margareta

your aschenes Haar Shulamith he plays with  his vipers

He shouts play death more sweetly this Death is a master from Deutschland

he shouts scrape your strings darker you’ll rise up as smoke to the sky

you’ll then have a grave in the clouds where you won’t lie too cramped

Black milk of daybreak we drink you at night

we drink you at midday Death is a master aus Deutschland

we drink you at evening and morning we drink and we drink

this Death is ein Meister aus Deutschland his eye it is blue

he shoots you with shot made of lead shoots you level and true

a man lives in the house your goldenes Haar Margarete

he looses his hounds un us grants us a grave in the air

he plays with his vipers and daydreams der Tod ist ein Meister aus Deutschland

dein goldenes Haar Margarete

\dein aschenes Haar Sulamith