1. Aubade
Hyperion's clear star is not yet risen,
Dawn brings a tenuous light across the earth
The watcher to the sleeper cries, Arise
Dawn over the dark sea brings on the sun;
She leans across the hill-top; see light
Behold the ambush of the enemy,
Stealing to take the heedless in their sleep
And still the herald's voice that cries, Arise
Dawn over the dark sea brings on the sun;
She leans across the hill-top; see, the light
The North Wind from arcturus no blows free,
The stars go into hiding in the sky
And nearer to the sunrise swings the plough
Dawn over the dark sea brings on the sun;
She leans across the hill-top; see, the light
translated by Helen Waddell
(with permission from Miss Mollie Martin and Stanbrook Abbey)
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