Dicing with Death

Recollections of dicey territories Where I dreamed myself away I was only my consciousness and nothing else And in the mind of the sun they were all dicing with death With pain they howled in the heart of the world But screaming my lungs out there was nothing to hear In the mind of the sun there was nowhere to hide and everything to fear Wrapped by emptiness trapped in loneliness Far beyond, they were all dancing on the shiny solar beam As the new age was glently looming Earth cracks, human veins Scattered roots, glued fingers Slowly growing like creeping snakes And far beyond, they were all dicing with death Feet in the dust, hands in the ash With prayers and hopes some tried to make sense Of the unfathomable mystery Releasing the raven to search for the water land They believed the future was here Sucked out in the remaining salt From Yam Suph, no longer a water of hope Wrapped by emptiness trapped in loneliness Far beyond, they were all dancing on the shiny solar beam And far beyond, they were all dicing with death Earth cracks, human veins Scattered roots, glued fingers Slowly growing like creeping snakes And far beyond, they were all dicing with death Et au coeur de ce monde au loin ils hurlèrent Un cri résonnant à travers ces sols déracinés Croyant que l'avenir était là avec leurs pères Car ce monde se devait de subsister A l'infini ils eurent dansé sur le souffle du soleil Et croyant que l'avenir était là avec leurs pères Leurs prières trahissaient à présent les peurs Celles qui se dessinaient d'heure en heure Celles du déracinement salutaire