| I'll spend the night in a haystack...
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| I'll spend the night in a haystack, I'll dig a hole like an animal,
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| Running far, far away from big cities.
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| Midnight will gird itself with the Milky Way like an omophorion.
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| And swaying with the moon, he will roll up the sails of the clouds.
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| From everywhere floats a delicate smell of lilac foam
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| Grace, grace, the breast is filled with purity.
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| At the head of the bed, I will beat last year's fallen hay.
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| I'll find a farewell constellation with the Polar Star.
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| Oh holy hours! |
| I kiss the open eternity,
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| I rub my eyes, smearing, as in childhood, a star.
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| No, the human soul does not live by bread alone,
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| Everything lives by You, Who created this beauty.
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| And then I will forget, and no one, regretting, will remind
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| About the chase in the night that follows my heel.
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| An overturned bucket somewhere will water the earth with rain,
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| To fall to the ocean in the morning for fresh water.
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| And the earthly world with the vast Heavenly world listens to the Creator,
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| No friends to be seen, no enemies following the trail.
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| And the fog, my fog, weightless smoke screen
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| Will protect the fugitive from those who seek his soul.
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| The free night breathes. |
| Tomorrow will be much easier.
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| The fog will disperse, having served its dewdrop.
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| The forgotten grove sings like nightingales, praising God.
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| And no one around, except for the lost soul. |