Bei Chez Buster

Klaus Nomi, Countertenor,
vor 23 Jahren in New York
als eines der ersten prominenten Opfer
an AIDS gestorben.

What power art thou,
Who from below,
Hast made me rise,
Unwillingly and slow,
From beds of everlasting snow !

See'st thou not how stiff,
And wondrous old,
Far unfit to bear the bitter cold.

I can scarcely move,
Or draw my breath,
I can scarcely move,
Or draw my breath.

Let me, let me,
Let me, let me,
Freeze again ...
Let me, let me,
Freeze again to death!

[Henri Purcell, King Arthur, 1691
3. Akt, Prélude
Performance Klaus Nomi, 1981}