“Je Sais” by Alexis Harris (English translation follows the French text)

Je sais que le vent

Est doré avec le soleil.

Et je sais que la pluie

Est bleue avec les nuages.

Les jours s’en vont,

La nuit est noire,

Et la rue des étoiles

Étincelle délicatement.

Je connais un homme

Qui attend en silence

Sous la rue des étoiles.

Je sais que le soleil

Lèvera bientôt,

Et les étoiles se faneront.

Je sais.

“I Know”

I know the wind

Is gold with the sun.

And I know the rain

Is blue with the clouds.

The days go away,

The night is black,

And the path of the stars

Sparkles softly.

I know a man

Who waits in silence

Under the path of the stars.

I know the sun

Will soon rise,

And the stars will fade.

I know.

“His Eyes” by Alexis Harris, Rendered from Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451

Eyes so dark they appear shining and alive,

Hypnotized like phoenix,

Awe shaking and emptying,

Wandering the silver pavement where there’s the faintest breath.

Bright as snow in the moonlight and seeking.

Sunrise of silence suspended like shining drops of

Bright water that appear dark in their fine detail.

Bits of violet amber that capture the fragile milk crystal.

Soft and constant light gently flattering the power

Of the illumination in which vast dimensions are transformed.