Intimations Of Everlasting Constancy

Cold and Darkness, where is your strenght?

Ice and Snow, where is your dominion?

When the sun of eternal life rises over the barren wilderness

You flee like scared sparrows

You melt and pour out of time

Sitting there in the snow I felt the cold conquer me

Alone and freezing away from the illusion of warmth

Which lived so strongly within me

Should I close my eyes for the last time?

Should I give up my breath which makes the light of my life?

Uncertainty doesn't kill

Its sword only cuts the thorns in its way

Many days came and went

Nights streamed rapidly by

Watching the shadows dance in the past

Hearing the flow of rain in the quiet loneliness

The constant quest of man for what is right

The hope of life shining brightest when the night is as darkest?

The mystery smiles at me

Time, coiled up, is held in Thy hand

Oh, God, Thy way is mine

And so, the feeling was reborn

Like the sweet perfume of the deep forest

Like the expectancy of the beast of prey

After its long winter sleep

It was a particular day

Unlike too many others

When I plucked up courage

And rose from my prison bed.

Oh, there was heard a familiar sound

The signal of the end of the night

Indicating a recollection was born

Springtime approaching in all its glorious beauty

Stealthily, silently like a whisper

The spring

I was given the grace once again to behold dawn

The Gift, it was true

I was there at the horizon of life, at the mirror of the soul

The gate to the feast of light

All concepts have lost their meaning

Few understand what beauty means

Few understand its might

The Gift, a melody born in Heaven

An intimation of everlasting constancy

It is dancing in the room

Musical tones fill the silence

Was it but a dream?

No, nothing in the realm of dreams can be so wonderful

I am thirsting for more

The sweetness of your wine is a remedy

Yes, the sweetness of the wine is beauty fulfilled

Tones saying more than a thousand words

Who can tell their meaning?