Night Prayers

Translated by Stephen Watts and Marga Burgui-Artajo

......
you see
Your God only
in blades and blood
I perceive Him
in a word &
a song & in
the blue of her
eyes & the sea
......
verses
have annulled
verses
and you want your head
rock-hard and
unchanged through the years
.........
you who are a man,
consider
how you talk with your Lord & the devil
is it then too much to hope you'd learn
how to talk with your fellow men ...
.........
bell or
minaret
- O Servant
of God -
why
won't you
hear your
Lord
in a
flute ?

London 2004