Charon
We dwell in the last house in this world between dunes. marsh grass , and sand before the bank, which drops straight in the reeds and stops not at the river
but then is lost in the mist along the empty shore, 'til 'tis closed by the door in the clouds o'er the path to the other bank.
A ferryman thence has brought his boat with muffled and ponerous strokes, and should he see you, and you see him he demands that he take you across.
Then your heart fills with fear and dread before his compelling cry. But, just you show him resistance: Then he will pass you by.
(Nachdichtung: Derek Donaldson)
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