Els dies Tranquilis

Calla, Azbe, I escolta

Aquest silenci vast, ferit d’aromes I colors terribles

Ara és el temps que els arbres s’equivoquen

I els ocells, desesmats, mosseguen les tres cares de la nit

Ningú no resa dins la casa dels somnis

Ningú no cau pels escalons del cel

I la precisa maquinària del temps

Fulgent prodigi de peces I engranatges

Va girant de cap enrera, roent, xerriquejant

Torna la llet a les sines pansides

Lentament la carn es despodreix

I les arbredes arrelen cap al cel

La llum retorna cap al sol

Passat la lluna (passat la lluna)

I un déu de pedra sura sobre el mar

Calla, Azbe, I escolta

Aquest silenci vast

Tu I jo, dolça I tràgica Azbe

Encara no hem nascut

Now is when all nature dies

Human nature darkens skies

When all is lost I look to you (and you alone)

I seek shelter from the rain

All I have done I’ve done for you

(And you can’t live with that)

You want everything that I am

Back in a time when things were dark (a veil of dim obscurity)

From the mould of clay we came to earthen jars of weariness

From where we came to where we are

(Bodies of life to veins of vinegar)

We were so pure, where are we now?

(Faith in man forfeits its lure)

Punctured by smells and fierce colors

(White hot, streaking, shining in the sky)

One last streak until I die

(White hot, streaking, shining in the sky)

White hot, streaking, shining in the sky

(White hot, streaking, shining in the sky)

You mean all to me

(White hot, streaking, shining in the sky)

(White hot, streaking, shining in the sky)

One last streak until I go

(White hot, streaking, shining in the sky)

You mean all to me that

(White hot, streaking, shining in the sky)

You mean all to me that