"The night"
from the book "I sing Amazon Forest" by Marcia Theophilo

At the beginning there was no night. The night
was unknown. There was only light and it was
so intense, in the tropics one seemed to be moving
through aeons of blue, of vermilion, of green.
The light was so strong it seemed to be surging
in the colours
in the plants.
That which did not to have words spoke
trees talked amongst themselves and thought with the flowers
No one knew black
only colours existed
which emanated light, which gave out energy-thought
But there was no sleeping
man did not know weariness
but knew not the sweetness of rest
silence and music
because music was born with the knowledge of the first rhythm
and with the night was born the first song.

Márcia Theóphilo - 1979
Copyright by the author, all rights reserved.

English version by Hania Kochansky -2000
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