Song of the Sinner + 

Just a bit of ashes + 

Grey, grey ashes⁠—spent⁠— + 

God! how fierce the fires burned + 

Down to this content. + 

Just a bit of ashes, + 

Not a single spark + 

Lives in this residuum + 

Crumbling cold and dark. + 

Just a bit of ashes⁠— + 

To the judgment day, + 

I go with my memories⁠— + 

Pray, sweet virgin, pray! + 