The hay it is mowed,
the hunter shot.
Autumn is opened:
the cricket has walled in the grave,
in the meadow.
But where do you go,
poor yellow leaves,
as many butterflies
carefree?
You come from afar
or close?
By a forest
or a garden?
And you do not hear the melancholy
of the wind itself
that takes you away?
The north wind blowing over the fields;
he shakes the trees.
And from the branches withered,
it detaches the dead leaves.
The wind scatters them,
far away, in the fields:
only blacks they remain the drums,
that sad shake the bare branches.
Every seed that autumn throws into the depths of the earth,
has a way of its own separate core and shell,
in order to form the leaves, flowers and fruits.
But whatever way,
the purpose of the wanderings of all seeds is identical:
get to stand before the face of the sun.
On this autumn night,
I am full of your words,
eternal words like time,
as the raw material.
Heavy words like hand,
sparkling like stars.
From your head, from your flesh,
from your heart,
I received your words,
your words full of you.
Your words, mother.
Your words, love.
Your words, friend.
They were sad, bitter;
They were upbeat, full of hope;
They were courageous, heroic.
Your words,
they were men.