My Virtual Reading Room

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One of my favourite songs...

Translation of lyrics:

Everything in this turbulent world is illusory;
Only this moment exists, hold fast to it!
Only this moment exists, between the past and the future,
And it is this very moment that is called "life".

Eternal peace would hardly make the heart rejoice;
Eternal peace is only suitable for the grey-haired pyramids of Egypt;
But for the star, that had slipped from the sky and is falling,
Only this moment, a dazzling moment, exists.

Let this world fly forward through the centuries,
I am not always on the same road on which it is going.
What is it I value the most, what is it I risk the most, in this world?
Only a moment, this moment.

Whether I am fated to meet happiness or more trouble,
Only a moment exists, hold fast to it!
Only a moment exists between the past and the future,
And it is this moment that is called "life".