Classic Poem

Blue, dew-drenched
these birds come
carried to you from my body by the wind
they come disappear dwell
Open up sister, the dew has soaked me
in its age-long night
the ringing sound of water
the silence of the sea
warmth of blue coastlines
and the rustle of birds
stealing across my body
have all left me
Will you live in my life like a red lily
that recites one page for the sea
and another for the fire?
You burn
Here is my body
It groans it comes it begins
possessing gardens for the fire and the rain
a sorrow of leaves around you
a blue color of water
for the beautiful night sojourn
a ringing of bells
for the taste of wild mint
the long night's sojourn.


Open up
child of pleasure and dew
night has encircled me
and fed me to distant voices
myrtle around your face has given leaf to desire
sadness that gives us tears to drink
a distance to the sea
closed gardens dwell in us
where birds return
and dream
where fountains meet within your eyes.

Are you absent?
Around you the echo overwhelms me
Or are you present
and around you a lover unraveling in the eternity of absence
these birds disappear
departing from my body
disappear
disappear
fires engulf them
Open up sister,
the dew has awakened me
night has besieged me
and left me to the distant voices.