Putrefaction, hurry oh beloved bride To establish our lonely camp Rejected by the world, rejected by god My hope, lies in you Take my paining body into the wonder of you Smother my pain in your embrace Worms devour thought and feeling Take my paining body into the wonder of you Smother my pain in your embrace Worms devour thought and feeling Hasten, decorate our chamber For on a scootblack bier the silent lover your dwelling shall reach So hasten, prepare our bridal bed Which shall sow with carnactions To wonderful gratification, stifling bewitchment Us black attired comrades followeth Our wedding march ringeth from iron bells And shrouds of green draperies hideth us When storms ravish the worldly seas When atrocities reign on the bloodfilled earth When feuds are raging, we slumber thou and I In contented peace Take my paining body into the wonder of you Smother my pain in your embrace Worms devour thought and feeling Take my paining body into the wonder of you Smother my pain in your embrace Worms devour thought and feeling To ash in my ravished heart Oh rich are you, wench, whom I dowry Giveth me the great, the flourishing earth Up here, do I suffer, though happines overcomes me In the nether with you