Poetic-Verses from ATHANASE

J'ai de la mort - I know death (English)



 

I know death through a tapestry of fear,
the cornflower eyes, the ruby mouths,
the acacia sleeping in the wounded shade
I know death through a tapestry of fear.

 

The cornflower eyes, the ruby mouths,
the ring of light and dark that binds together
the Word and the tear, the lily and the thorn,
the cornflower eyes, the ruby mouths.

 

The acacia sleeping in the wounded shade
and the air heavier than the gold of virtues
cross and oblivion, bludgeon and sword,
the acacia sleeping in the wounded shade.

 

I know death through a tapestry fear,
O ashes of words, O rivers of nights,
the flower of the poem, the choir of waving corn,
I know death through a tapestry of fear.

 

Envoi      

 

Prince of Life, lance with Beauty
the final anguish of the fateful hour,
repeat to me again the Psalms of Life
I know death through a tapestry of fear.

 

 

Translated from the French by Norton Hodges


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J`ai de la mort - I know death (English)

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