Preserve us, preserve us, Earth! As you preserve burned grass Or a lightning-scorched, bleeding tree Falling quietly where people pass. Preserve us, preserve us, Sea, Whether we swim out or not. Light as a gull-feather be To the child asleep in its cot. Preserve us, preserve us, Love, Lead us again back home, When we are going, searching for light, Bare, to each other unknown. Preserve us, preserve us, Time, Teach us to forget all we've known When the sun arises, when we return Having crossed into the Unknown. On? Baliukon?, translated by Dorian Rottenberg