1. O you in whom pride takes pride
And in whom poetry finds joy

2. My wish for permission was not to burden me
A sun among men, nor a full moon

3. Rather a silent book, speaking
Made more eloquent by its cover's publication

4. So its secrets were revealed when its binding appeared
Secrets that loudness conceals

5. The herald of sorrow came in its belly
With an event that daybreak revealed

6. So lines streamed in its lines
For tears, a line above a line

7. So bestow permission on one who complains
Of separation from his family, his time an epoch

8. For you have proven true what you hoped for
When the rain proved false