SHANTI

Sleep shadows, sleep light;

Sleep tune, sleep speech;

Sleep night, sleep day;

Sleep children in the cradle of rest.

Dream stars, dream moon;

Dream sea; dream O, sun;

Dream rainbow, dream storm;

Dream rain, O, milk from Heaven's breast.

Rest ye feet, rest ye hands;

Rest bleeding hours of even;

Rest O, heart torn and burnt,

Rest my fancies, day is done.

Sleep night, sleep with star-eyes closed;

Sleep sorrow in death's silent repose;

Sleep O, Soul, be it twilight or morn;

Sleep thou too, O, sleep, heedless of moon and sun.