I've been waiting

Pourquoi pleures-tu?
Pourquoi as-tu détourné

ton souffle du sanctuaire

de mon silence?

I’ve been waiting

for your sign

for eons and eons;

I was just looking

for your gratitude

and recognition,

or for a translation

in the forgotten tongue

of the blind earthworms.

But every waiting,

and you know it,

if unheard,

becomes a star

and a shy hope

for other eyes;

as it dies.

Le Parole di Fedro