Nov 23
Living Light (Sabatier)
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Living Light, by Robert Sabatier (1923-)
A child speaks and now the lark has come
Collecting all the fire he has spoken
Each goes his way and carries in his eyes
The bright of dawn and of seasons renewed
On the ground the child now sleeps and dreams.
As soon as he says sun, a beach
Becomes his path; the sky is pearl
The shell is a reflection of a star
A god comes to the sea to dance
And dress in seaweed and the waves.
A child speaks or perhaps a rock
Is it a perfume that escapes from him
The mouth that calls these dazzled words
To meet their image has transcended night
Love breaks out and releases dawn.
A child speaks, offering his planet
To the world with all its dangers
Take this face, vulnerable to stone
A single kiss could protect it
And it wakes to the caress of lips.
(Trans. Victoria Rippere)