A Young Man’s Death

Let me die as a passionate lover,

Eyes fixed solely on her.

Fiercely pursuing your heart from now until the end,

Remembered fondly as a lover and a friend.

Let me die for a worthy cause,

Standing against tyranny's jaws.

Enduring blow after blow without retreat,

Dying firmly on my feet.

Let me die as a good man,

Always ready to lend a helping hand.

Though evil claws at me every day,

May I never be led astray.

Let me die as a hero,

Like a Spartacus and not a Nero.

Never prolonging the end. Living honest, free and brave,

Never dying as a slave.