Death as Told by the Birds
When the stork delivered you,
Bluebirds filled the heavens
The wren dreamt you would become a peregrine
The noblest, sleekest raptor in the woods
The sparrow days gave way to raven darkness
You sang like a blackbird, my feathered, handsome, beauty
The way through the trees grew black
The magpie whispered of sorrow, of evil secrets
It told me a burgeoning cuckoo was in your nest
The owl suggested bringing an eagle in
Against the murder of crows that circled ominous
Too late. That mellifluous song was silenced forever
Into the ground, the ultimate escape
Peace at last bought at the highest price
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem