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My soul has been torn from me -and I am bleeding My heart it has been wrenched -and I am crying All beauty around me fades -and I am screaming I am the last of the great whales -and I am dying Last night I heard the cry -of my last companion The roar of the harpun gun -and I was alone I reflect on the days gone by -when we were thousands And I know that soon I shall die -The last leviathan This morning the sun arose -Crimson in the sky The ice was the colour of blood -the wind it did sigh I rose up to take a breath -It was my last one >From the burn came the roar of death -And I was done And now that we are all gone -And there's no more hunting The big fellow is no more -No use lamenting What race shall be next in time -Or for the slaughter The elephant or the seal -Or your son's and daughters From Letras Mania