Fain would he from the chamber
have borne him bodily,
But he was all too weighty,
he e’en must let him lie.
The dying man uplifted
his eyes amid the blood,
And saw well that his kinsman
would help him if he could.
Fain would he from the chamber
have borne him bodily,
But he was all too weighty,
he e’en must let him lie.
The dying man uplifted
his eyes amid the blood,
And saw well that his kinsman
would help him if he could.