Sister, dearest, pray you draw near   And I’ll whisper these few final thoughts in your ear   They may be my last, for my vision grows dim   And my breath comes in gasps, cold as ice is my skin   From our birth have we fought, as all children will   Anger twisted your heart, but I beg you still   Hear me, your brother, if you think that you can   Grant the final request of what remains of this man      Listen to me    While I still breathe   Listen to me   While I’m still breathing      Sister, my precious, conquer your fear   Come closer, I beg you, I need you to hear   This final entreaty; blood cools in my veins   I have something to say in the time that remains      These words are meant for you and for no other!   Remember the times you would torment and tease   With such an attentive and loving cruelty   Drunk on the power you had over your brother!   You loved to recite me your favourite story   Of the shadowy ones who were coming for me.   The lies you told about me to our mother!      Hear these words   Before I turn   Hear these words   In this time before I turn      Now a strange fever convulses my limbs   The years of resentment and anger are dimmed   An icy-cold sweat standing out on my brow   The shadow of death looming over me now      Listen to me    While I still breathe   Listen to me   While I’m still breathing      Since I was bitten by that festering thing   I’ve suffered the pain of this strange malady   Sister, my dearest, I wish that you would   (Although very soon I will thirst for your blood)      Find some way to forgive your foolish brother!   I know I’ll see you very soon   And our two bloods, from the same womb   Will join and never more be put asunder!   Forgive me my foolishness and my false pride;   God bless you, my sister; I love you; goodbye.   I do not have much longer now to suffer!      Hear these words   Before I turn   Hear these words   In this time before I turn      Calling your name   We will meet again