[Verse 1]
When your eyes pause on the ball
That hangs on the third branch from the star
You remember why it is dark
And why it gets light again

[Verse 2]
The Earth, like the heart, slopes in its seat
And, like that, it travels along an elliptical path
Drawn into the darkness

[Verse 3]
An unpolished pearl
In sky-black palm of hand
Flickering sun-flame

[Verse 4]
And then you remember
That you, yourself, you are a light-bearer, a light-bearer
Receiving radiance from others
Flickering sun-flame
Unpolishеd Earth in the palm of hand