Green Ray (Or. Grüner Strahl)
A Winter Sonett, by Daniel Khafif
(Translation from german OV Grüner Strahl into english
by Hannah and, with deepest acknowledgements, Brisa Roché)
„The Firs – The Even Trees“ Photography: ©Landa García Upper Bavaria, Winter 2014
Green Ray
A – it’s the fir, the even tree
B – flakes snow white, icy, hot resin
A – in a deep green summer hem
B – scent of ether, gleaming quartz
C – needles, like the sun’s rays
C – dark or ashy light
D – January, Nights Days Dream
D – Days, swirling like a veil, eternal number
E – hope vanishes , the winter stole it
E – it’s the fir, the even tree
E – pointing at you, space of stars
D – green straight, hoping, bendable strong
D – unswerving to the core
E – roots deep down in the foundation
E – longing for source and creation
E – emerging high to the firmament
E – fitting all the elements
F – fire, water, soil or wind
A – it’s the fir, the even tree
F – that bonds, finds, the ones who are together
A – Man, nature and outer space
G – branches and trunk, like crystals
G – protective barrier fanning – empire of love
A – she who finds souls, nobody barely
A – it’s the fir, the even tree
©Daniel Khafif, Berlin /January 2013
First published live on stage December 6th at FestSpielHaus Munich, Bavaria, as a prelude to the scenic play „Der Schneeberg“
