TRACING THE STEPS OF OUR ANCESTORS

From the window of the madness

I contemplate the melting of stars and planets

On a sky heavy with the spirit of the deceased before us

Their light of presence fills the ground

As cypresses burn to remind us of their spirit

Its smoke fills the sky

Drawing ripples in the distance to wake them up at night

But who is awake and who is asleep?

Who sustains the earth and who enlightens it?

Is heaven their light that illuminates us?

Or is the truth confirms our fate?

In our village, the glory of what they have achieved is evident

It is their bodies that nourish the land

And right and wrong are the infinite circles of life

There will come a day when our grandchildren will look up to our glory

We will swim in a sky that connects life and death together;

So let us look to the sky again

To be crowned with the light of our fathers,

And to build the earth,

To build the glory for our grandchildren.

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