So this shift in the sky
Came to my mind
When the sight of the world
And its leaders
Fell back to silence
With its blessed beak
Because of all those living luminaries
Shining more brightly, it began to sing
Things that have slipped my mind
O docile love whose mantle is a smile
O how glowingly you sound
Filled only with the breath of saintly thoughts
I saw the Jovial torch within its present glow
Shoot sparks of love that had its dwelling there
Painting in a language to my eyes

When he who lights up the whole world comes down
Out of our hemisphere so went the day
In all directions fades away to dark
The sky which He alone enflamed with sparks
All of a sudden shows itself once more
With many lights lit by its single blaze

When he who lights up the whole world comes down
Out of our hemisphere so went the day
In all directions fades away to dark
The sky which He alone enflamed with sparks
All of a sudden shows itself once more
With many lights lit by its single blaze

And as the birds (When he who lights up the whole world comes down)
Rise from the riverbed (Out of our hemisphere so went the day)
The soul rejoicing in the pasture (In all directions fades away to dark)
Fly (The sky which He alone enflamed with sparks)
Now in circles (All of a sudden shows itself once more)
Now in wonder line (With many lights lit by its single blaze)
So in those lights where holy creatures (When he who lights up the whole world comes down)
Singing (Out of our hemisphere so went the day)
When they were flying (In all directions fades away to dark)
And in their figures formed (The sky which He alone enflamed with sparks)
Letters of joy... (All of a sudden shows itself once more)
And peace (With many lights lit by its single blaze)

At first they moved the rhythm (When he who lights up the whole world comes down)
With their song (Out of our hemisphere so went the day)
But then as they became one (In all directions fades away to dark)
They stopped in silence (The sky which He alone enflamed with sparks)
O docile love (All of a sudden shows itself once more)
Whose mantle is a smile (With many lights lit by its single blaze)
How glowingly... (When he who lights up the whole world comes down)
You sound (Out of our hemisphere so went the day)
O docile love (In all directions fades away to dark)
Whose mantle is a smile (The sky which He alone enflamed with sparks)
How glowingly... (All of a sudden shows itself once more)
You sound (With many lights lit by its single blaze)