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| MENSCHHEIT | MANKIND |
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| Menschheit vor Feuerschlünden aufgestellt, | Mankind deployed in front of fiery gorges, |
| Ein Trommelwirbel, dunkler Krieger Stirnen, | a drum roll, dark warriors' foreheads, |
| Schritte durch Blutnebel; schwarzes Eisen schellt, | footsteps through blood and fog; black iron rattles, |
| Verzweiflung, Nacht in traurigen Gehirnen: | desperateness, night in mournful brains: |
| Hier Evas Schatten, Jagd und rotes Geld. | Here Eve's shadow, chase and blood-red money. |
| Gewölk, das Licht durchbricht, das Abendmahl. | Clouds, through which light pierces, the Last Supper. |
| Es wohnt in Brot und Wein ein sanftes Schweigen | A noble stillness dwells in bread and wine |
| Und jene sind versammelt zwölf an Zahl. | and those have gathered, twelve in number. |
| Nachts schrein im Schlaf sie unter Ölbaumzweigen; | At night they scream in sleep beneath the olive branches. |
| Sankt Thomas taucht die Hand ins Wundenmal. | Saint Thomas thrusts his hand into the wounded side. |
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