[Panhala] -- When They Sleep -- Rolf sen

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-- When They Sleep

All people are children when they sleep.There's no war in them then.They open their hands and breathein that quiet rhythm heaven has given them.

They pucker their lips like small childrenand open their hands halfway,soldiers and statesmen, servants and masters.The stars stand guardand a haze veils the sky,a few hours when no one will do anybody harm.

If only we could speak to one another thenwhen our hearts are half-open flowers.Words like golden beeswould drift in.-- God, teach me the language of sleep.

~ Rolf sen ~

(The Roads Have Come to an End Now, translation by Hedin)

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