The Star

Are you afraid of the moon or the dawn? Are you conscious of the end of beauty?

Are you afraid of being robbed of light’s wealth? Are you afraid of annihilation like the spark?

The sky has settled you far from the earth It has wrapped you in gold’s mantle like the moon

It is outrageous that your feeble life is still in fear Your whole night passes in trembling with fear

O shining traveler! This habitation is strange The rise of one leads to the fall of the other

The birth of one sun is the death of a myriad stars Annihilation’s sleep is the ecstasy of life’s wine

Flower bud’s departure is the secret of flower’s birth Is annihilation life’s end, or is the equivalent of life

Quiescence is difficult in the universe Only change is permanent in the universe