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"The Bells."

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This poem is translated by
Renata Gorczynski and C. K.

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Williams.

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"The Bells."

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We'll take refuge in bells,
in the swinging bells,

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in the peal, in the air,
in the heart of ringing.

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We will take refuge
in bells and we'll

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be floating over the Earth
in their heavy shells.

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Over the Earth,
over fields, towards

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meadows which are carried
by the young ash trees.

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Towards village churches
under the veil of morning

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haze, and forests
running like herds

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of antelopes towards mills
that soundlessly turn

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their wheels by the stream.

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Over the Earth, over
meadows and a white daisy,

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over the bench on which love
carved an imperfect sign.

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Over a willow obedient to
the will of the cool wind,

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over the school
where, in the evening,

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Latin words converse
with each other.

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Over the deep pond, over
crying and mourning,

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over binoculars
shining in the sun.

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Over calendars that have
filled themselves with time

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and lie at the bottom
of the drawer peacefully

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like Greek amphoras in the sea.

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Over the border,
over your attentive

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gaze, over the pupil
of someone's eye.

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Over a rusty cannon, over the
garden gate which is no more.

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Over clouds, over rain
drinking dew, over a snail

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that doesn't know whose
statue it is climbing.

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Over an express train
that breezes past,

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over a boy who is knotting
a tie before a school dance,

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over the town park where a Swiss
penknife lost a long time ago

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still lies hidden.

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When night comes, we'll
take refuge in bells,

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in the light vehicles, in
the balloons of bronze."