The Spiritual Dawn
When white and ruby dawn among the rakes
Breaks in, she's with the harrying Ideal,
And by some strange retributive appeal
Within the sleepy brute, an angel wakes.
The perfect blue of Spiritual Skies -
For the lost man who dreams and suffers, this
Pierces him, fascinates like the abyss.
And so, dear Goddess, lucid, pure and wise,
Over debris the orgies leave behind
Your memory, more rosy, more divine
Constantly flickers in my vision's sight.
The sun has blackened candles of the night;
Your phantom does the same, o conquering one,
Resplendent soul, of the immortal sun!
Přeložil James McGowan