In name of the Lord I forbid you to come
Into the house where Lord willed for life to bloom
In name of God I forbid you, death!

Is there not enough space in the whole wide world -
In cannons maw and in the steel of the sword?
In name of God I forbid you, death!

Go, go far away, whore! Do not stand at the door!
Do not warm poets home with your icy breath!
In name of God I forbid you, death!

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