HUSH then
why do you cry?
It’s you and me
the same as before.
If you hear a rustle
it’s only a rabbit
gone back to his
hole
in a
bustle.
If something stirs in the branches
overhead, it will be a
squirrel moving
uneasily, disturbed by the stress
of our loving.
Why should you cry then?
Are you afraid of God
in the
dark?
I’m not afraid of God.
Let him come forth.
If he is hiding in the
cover
let him come
forth.
Now in the cool of the day
it is we who walk in the
trees
and call to
God “Where art thou?”
And it is he who hides.
Why do you cry?
My heart is bitter.
Let God come forth to
justify
himself
now.
Why do you cry?
Is it Wehmut, ist dir weh?
Weep then, yea
for the abomination of our
old righteousness,
We have done wrong
many times;
but this time we begin to do
right.
Weep then, weep
for the abomination of our past
righteousness.
God
will keep
hidden,
he won’t come forth.