Attempt at a Definition (1989)

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In the dark, still sleeping house
a ray of sun - orange and dusty, falls aslant on the wall -
as if a moon lane.

Vulnerable to the slightest whiff of wind, trembling like
a bird's feather
tangled in the twigs -
the light sinks for an instant and again gushes
with the previous brightness.

Then timorously, bit by bit, but in a way resolved
dies out the wall.


tr. by Hristianna