Lorenz

Fortress

I\'m the prince of an empty fortress 

that surrounds a desert where not even 

the tatars venture ...

At sunrise on the wall ,I contemplate the flight

of the eagle in the distance ,master of the peaks

beyond the forgotten realms ...

I am waiting for this caravan  to bring me 

this princess from the land of Khorasan .

  O fortress ! You\'re my strenght  and weakness !

I am this lonely  warrior  and poet  ,

rider of light  and shade ,

Ascetic  believer and pleasure  seeker 

who ,without cursing bows to fate ...

What wise spirit will explain me 

this fickle world ?

Miniature on a devastated chess board ...

Morning rose ,wet with dew ,

at dust dessicated...

At night on the wall ,I watch the angel\'s hand

tracing the message ...

My princess will come or maybe the enemy...