Hear my tale of tragedy:



[Faustus:]

"Alas, philosophy I have explored

as well as medicine and law

add to these regrettably

my studies in theology

Yet here I sit, a foolish bore

no wiser than I was before



No dog can live like this

knowledge gained is far from bliss

So I resolved my soul to free

through blackest magic and dark alchemy"

[Goethe: Faust]



And from my library old

I have this book which I am told

Holds the key to strangest lands

Places never travelled by man

It will, no doubt, open my eyes

through Hell I will finally find my Paradise



[The Fool:]

From browsing through this book I have learned

that all that I have ever yearned

may be accomplished easily

with words uttered feasibly

As long as I in my circle remain

nothing can harm me, the demons are chained

And with the next word I do burn

The devils back to Hell return



[Faustus:]

As a fool summons a devil, so will I

summon the Fallen Angel of Light

And with his widom in my sight

I will remain (both day and night)

as happy as a man can be

for no knowledge will be strange to me

Of stars in heaven I will know

As life itself I will explore



Rain and thunder I do endure, likewise

fire and ice

the elements are torturing me

with the only purpose that I shall see

and know the wisdom of the lord

Lucifer I summon thee!



[Mephistopheles:]

I have come to visit you this late

(although your spells are out of date)

To see who mocks the name of God

he might be of interest to my lord



[Faustus:]

Then I will speak, and you hear this:

In my search for eternal bliss

I will give my very soul to you-ac