Chopin Waltz

As a bleached drop of blood

Stains a sufferer's lips,

So lurks within this music

The lure of annihilation.

In untamed strains the chords disorder

Despair's icy dream-

As a bleached drop of blood

Stains a sufferer's lips.

Fierce, exulting, sweet, and yearning,

Melancholy dismal waltzes,

You cling to my consciousness,

You are borne on my thoughts

Like a bleached drop of blood.