The earth turned to bring us closer,

The earth turned to bring us closer,

it spun on itself and within us,

it turned on itself and within us too,

and finally joined us together in this dream

and finally brought us together in this dream,

as written in the Symposium.

just as it was written in the Symposium.

Nights passed by, snowfalls and solstices;

Nights passed, snowfalls and solstices;

time passed in minutes and millennia.

time passed in minutes and millenniums.

An ox cart that was on its way to Nineveh

A cart bound for Nineveh

arrived in Nebraska.

showed up in Nebraska.

A rooster was singing some distance from the world,

A rooster crowed somewhere far from this world,

in one of the thousand pre-lives of our fathers.

before the birth of one of our thousand fathers.

The earth was spinning with its music

The earth kept on turning with all its music,

carrying us on board;

bringing us on board;

it didn’t stop turning a single moment

it did not cease to turn for a moment,

as if so much love, so much that’s miraculous

as if so much love, so much that is miraculous

was only an adagio written long ago

was only an adagio written long ago

in the Symposium’s score.

in the score of the Symposium.