This One Today Be Bright Poem by Emmanuel George Cefai

Night!
This one today be bright
For there be star-light
Of Choruses singing the sight
Of heavens immense in might
Of All and Ever

Nuit!
Celui-ci aujourd'hui soit brillant car
il y a la lumière des étoiles
des chœurs chantant
la vue des cieux immenses en puissance
de Tous et à Jamais.

And Wisdom shall be bright
With glass of wine in hand
Together with the bacchanalian band!

Red-haired Bacchus the Emperor of Kings
With flushed red face
Shall kingdoms distribute
Shall kings nominate.

Twist here
Turn there
The verses wriggle out from cement walls
From dyke-walls and fortress walls.
To cast the frowns from clouds
And sad heavens light with fires of joy