Baptisma

Shivering with awe and delight

Here is my throat he said

As he bowed his head in silence to him

Behold his white flesh shining in the velvet of darkness

Take him now and he will be yours

Can't you see how he longs to be yours forever and a day

Silently the river flows

Meister des Mordes nimm meine Augen

An diesem Ort kann ich nicht sein

Strecke mich nieder zerschlage mein Haupt

Meister des Mordes schenke mir den Tod

There he stood bare and willing

As the blood his blood was streaming

Down his naked body this naked body

Gushing out of the wounds enfeebled he was sinking to the floor

Gushing out of the wounds enfeebled he was sinking to the floor

Cold he thought so cold the stones

But I'll be colder soon

Cold he thought so cold the stones but i'll be colder soon

Shivering with awe and delight:

This is the moment my beautiful beloved one

The time has come to send your farewell to the sun

To cross the threshold and leave all these mortal dregs behind

You shall be flesh of my flesh and blood of my blood

Flesh of my flesh and blood of my blood

Let me take what you have to give

Let me take and you shall receive

Let me take what you have to give

Let me take and you shall recetve

Feel the beat of my dead heart

Feel the beat of my heart and drink as I have done

Drink my beautiful beloved one

A new flower in the ancient bouquet

Another rose in the garden of darkness

That will never see the day

That will never see the day

That will never never see the day

Trnen sind Perlen Juwelen der Sterbenden