What to call the soul, when it is only
    an empty space in flesh
    Explosion, scattering of nightly birds?
    In what night is the spirit simply
    air stirred up by eagles?

    Soul:
    Night where the errant light of a star
    will be the solar light
    And will carve out the night with sparks.
    Bodies will reflect the night, the moonlight
    -The spirit will be simply darkness
    Rotation into the space and time of stars
    Infinite daybreak of light pierced with
    black sparks

    What to call a star, when it is only
    an empty space in the night
    Empty space carved out by the bodies of birds?
    The night:
    In what night is it only a star,
    A black and errant light?

    The solar light of a star will carve out
    the night
    And explode the emptiness of nocturnal lights
    The spirit will simply be a wind stirred up by stars
    The black dawn of the night

    (Translated by C. Connelly)


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