“Renunciation” Sheet Music (pdf).
“Renunciation” Karaoke (midi with lyrics).
Lyrics: Joachim Raucher.
Tune: “Auld Lang Syne.”
When hungry millions are unfed
And little orphans weep,
I cannot eat in peace my bread,
Nor sing my grief to sleep.
When thoughts arising from the heart
Are hampered in their flight,
I cannot sit and muse apart
Upon a dreamy height.
When craven eyes oft seek to blind
The eyes of blazing Truth,
I cannot turn my maddened mind
To songs of love and youth,
Nor can I sing in lyric strains
Of private, little woes,
When Greed is reaping golden gains
From bloody seeds it sows.