Weep Not for Me

If I die,
Let me go swiftly through the night.
Let there be no wailing at the gates.
Let there be no gnashing of teeth.
Let there be no weeping of hearts.

Weep not for me;
I have fought the good life.
Weep for yourself;
You who refuse to fight.

Weep for yourself;
You have died before you were borne.
Let the fools who have wasted their lives
Weep for themselves.
I have lived my life to the fullest.
Weep not for me.

Don’t cry over my death;
Cry over your life.
Cry over your refusal to live.
Weep not for me
But for yourself.

If I die,
Let me go swiftly through the night.
Let there be no wailing at the gates.
Let there be no gnashing of teeth.
Let there be no weeping of hearts.