The Trees Sing Like Rivers
This is the story of the trees
that sing like rivers.
Air flutters in petals and leaves,
which beat by night in hundreds of hearts.
Like crystal bells
they chime down our foreheads
a night-dew of stars
that bathes our faces
in most beautiful joy.
Thus they bless the worldly talent
of constellations, planets and people
who also dance like trees
and whirl like dervishes encountering Avatar.
For trees are the joy of the city,
streets and avenues become green cathedrals
breathing at night in your dreams.
Then the planet’s most urban region
grows into Amazonia.
A global lungful of air,
a whirlwind of ecstasy
and the stoicism of Segismundo.
This is the story of the trees
that sing like rivers
in the dance of the planets.
Ideas, thoughts, wafting breezes
seem to be swallowed in darkness,
leaving a luminous trail.
They are my kisses swathed in eagerness
that touch your lips with emotion.
They continue their journey without us
to where love is more
than a universe expanding.
Translated by Dinah Livingstone
Page(s) 245-246
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