THE EQUINOX
There in the lonely bordj across the dreadful lines of sleeping
men,
Swart sons of the Sahara, thou didst writhe slim, sinuous and
swift,
Warning me with a viper’s hiss—and was not death upon us
then,
No bastard of thy maiden kiss? God’s grace, the all-surpassing
gift!
E] Arabi! El Arabi!
Yea, death is man’s Elixir when
Life’s pale wine foams and splashes over his imagination’s
rim!
El] Arabi!
El Arabi! El Arabi! witch-amber and obsidian
Thine eyes are, to ensorcell me, and leonine thy male caress.
Will not God grant us Paradise to end the music Earth
began?
We play with loaded dice! He cannot choose but raise right
hand to bless.
EI Arabi! El Arabi!
Great is the love of God and man
While I am trembling in thine arms, wild wanderer of the
wilderness!
El Arabi!
Hiitpa NorFo_k.
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