Last night as I was Sleeping
by Antonio Machado
(version by Robert Bly)
Last night as I was sleeping,I dreamt -- marvelous error! --
that a spring was breaking
out in my heart.
I said:Along which secret aqueduct,
Oh water, are you coming to me,
water of a new life
that I have never drunk?
Last night as I was sleeping,
I dreamt -- marvelous error! --
that I had a beehive
here inside my heart.
And the golden bees
were making white combs
and sweet honey
from my old failures.
I dreamt -- marvelous error! --
that a fiery sun was giving
light inside my heart.
It was fiery because I felt
warmth as from a hearth,
and sun because it gave light
and brought tears to my eyes.
Last night as I slept,
I dreamt -- marvelous error!
that is was God I had
here inside my heart.
from "Ten poems to change your life" by Roger Housden, Harmony Books, N.Y.,N.Y.,2001
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