Translated by A. Z. Foreman - Hamlet lyrics

The tumult fades. Out of the wings, I enter. Leaning inside the doorway to the stage, I seek to catch within a distant echo A sense of what shall happen in my age. On me a thousand theater gla**es focus. My figure in the dark of night they spy. If it be in Thy power, Abba Father, Pray let this cup of torment pa** me by. I love Thy high unwavering conception, And have agreed to play this part as tasked. But now another drama is unfolding. So, just this once, release me from the cast. But every act has been already written And journey's end irrevocably marked. I am alone. All things fall Pharisaic. A mortal life is no walk in the park.