A house at night
Watchers at the corners
The order is signed
He dies in the morning
At the window
A man is praying
A thousand years later
At the same window
Another
The same night
The same dogs
Deliver me
They circle the house
I did nothing to them
No debt, no blood
And still they warm up
For mine
At evening they return
Howling like dogs
Rounding the city
Swords in their lips
And they think
Who hears it anyway?
You hear it
At evening the dogs are howling
I hold on to you
You are my fortress
My God who keeps my side
You hear it
Same shadows
Same steps
The fear is not smaller
Because I learned something new
But now I know
Who is freezing out there
Men under orders
Hunted men of a king
Who is hunted
By his own fear
They wait for my blood
And I almost pity them
You hear it
At evening the dogs are howling
I hold on to you
You are my fortress
My God who keeps my side
You hear it
There
Right there
In the middle of the rage
He pulls the blade back
He knew it
Before anyone taught it
Vengeance does not belong
In my hand
I only turn it
One hand’s breadth further
The dogs out there
Prowl for food
And growl
When they are not fed
They are hungry
And if my enemy is hungry
I know now
What I give him
Centuries later
One wrote it down
Who had been a watcher himself
Outside other houses
Do not avenge yourselves
Give room
If your enemy is hungry
Feed him
Hunger is still hunger
Do not be overcome by evil
Overcome evil with good
That is the whole war
Of the conqueror
Who is forming whom
Michal opens the window
The rope is ready
And this is no betrayal
Of the new way
Love keeps the window open
It does not offer the neck
Flee when it is time to flee
Stand when standing is due
One is wisdom
One is armor
And both are called: living
The dogs howl at evening
Twice they howl at evening
Singing happens once
In the morning
But I will sing of your strength
At morning praise your mercy
They had the night
We have the morning
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