TO LIGEIA
(Plus
Voice)
Ligeia
you went up
to
the Phoebian shores of
light
not from
the marine candid
foams
nor on
Mount Ida’s windy
slopes
nor into
the golden
tower
violated by the Supreme
God
bound-less
wholly unlimited
orphan
of Patria
und Vaterland
and Country
the daughter
of the wind
you
wander everywhere
oh eternal
sister of Anemos
of the
breezes
of the celestial
airs
thou dost
infuse the breath
into the
corporeal frame
you
are the life
you are
the soul
in spring
time
on
the tuned strings
of leaves of
grass
with Zephyr’s
airs
joyously
you play
melodious
arias
in tenebrous
summer night
you
caress harmoniously
the
mourning nightingale
or pursue
skyward
the swift
swallow
that flies
and
cries
and never lies
when Anemos
the Brother
unleasheth
his rage and fury
the Sea your beloved Friend
to you
nearly Akin
and sure
close Related
the Deep
the Ligurian Gulf
rising in
Towering Waves
that reach
up to
the
Skies
and shatter
the Sublime Coast
wasting both the splendid gems
the
Western the Eastern Rivieras
around the
unique Center
the Superba Queen
of your Sea
you pitiful
can’t retain
wails
whistlings Disdain
hissing
uproar rage certain
Ligeia
through
the infinite sky
you
move the protean
clouds
them thickening
them
condensing
them you heAve up
in towering
ramparts
from where
aided
by many a specialist
flashes
clashes
dazzling
darts
rumbling
thunders
hurricanes
tornadoes
you
fire off with art and fancy and list
Ligeia
Ligeia Ligeia
You are la sonora
la melodiosa
you are l’armoniosa
shadow
on earth
splendid witness
of
the Divine One
that ruleth
the World