Hier liegt Howard Campbells Geist geborgen,
frei von des Korpers qualenden Sorgen.
Sein leerer Leib durrchstreift die Welt,
und kargen Lohn dafur erhalt.
Triffst du die beiden getennt allerwarts
verbrenn den Leib, doch schone dies, sein Herz.
In English?
Here lies Howard Campbell's essence,
Freed from his body's noisome nuisance.
His body, empty, prowls the earth,
Earning what a bod's worth.
If his body and his essence remain apart,
Burn his body, but spare this, his heart.
-Kurt Vonnegut
