Sleep brings no joy to me
Remembrance never dies
My soul is given to mystery
And lives in sighs

Sleep brings no rest to me;
The shadows of the dead
My wakening eyes may never see
Surround my bed

Sleep brings no hope to me
In soundest sleep they come
And with their doleful imag'ry
Deepen the gloom

Sleep brings no strength to me
No power renewed to brave;
I only sail a wilder sea
A darker wave

Sleep brings no friend to me
To soothe and aid to bear;
They all gaze on how scornfully
And I despair

Sleep brings no wish to fret
My harassed heart beneath;
My only wish is to forget
In endless sleep of death