sentences:  The lyrics are a shortened version of a poem in German called Die Seele that is attributed to Lord Byron.It appears to be a translation of the Byron poem, ""When coldness wraps this suffering clay"" from the collection, Hebrew Melodies.The identity of the translator/author of Die Seele is unknown although the text may be from "Lord Byrons Werke In sechs Bänden" translated by Otto Gildemeister, 3rd Volume, Fifth Edition, Berlin 1903 (pages 134-135).