Death and Rebirth by Kifle Bantayehu Lyrics

Silent abyss yielding to fear of the unknown
So silent -Am I here alone?
Eighty years have come and gone,
With many children fully grown;
My time has passed like king on throne

From nothing to something, as voice changes tone;

At peace beside by whom I was mothered and fathered
With our land, earth, people, unaltered;
The journey was well worth it, a difficult feat
Here in death, a smile challenges defeat;
Chance sought and knowledge gained
Family glued as a leaf on twig, together sustained;

Eyes closed but mind still sharp
A white light ahead? Soothing as a harp;
Immortal visions dance in light show
What could they be?-I do not know;

A baby, a father, an old man
The stages of life, from death to the first strand;
A cell multiplies with staggering speed
This is my life reborn indeed;