1.

	A spider weaves its web;
	A fly
	approaches the destiny of a God.


2.

	The golden dew drop on the mountain bald
	quenches the thirst
	of the jade snake.


3.

	A whisp of cloud sequesters
	the gnat and pine
	from the golden phoenix.


4.

	The iguana blinks;
	thunder
	and wet boulders frighten the butterfly.


5.

	Lightning flash blinding,
	thunder word echoing
	in the silent valley.


6.

	The cloud obscures the
	mountain peak and meadow
	from the moonlit sky.


7.

	The growling gold egg
	explodes Meru,
	creates the thunder light anew.


8.

	Chrysalis to Butterfly,
	enshrouded wings
	outstretched fly to the sun.


9.

	Icey lake of fire
	burn and freeze
	the soft brown eyed deer's tender pink tongue.


10.

	Brujos de niente
	tragaran sangre
	del corozon frio.


11.

	Freude in Freunde
	ist Leidvoll
	in dem Lied von ihr' verlassen.


12.

	Zauber ist den leisen Schmetterling
	den Wurm
	und Sonnefunken bringt.


13.

	An oak leaf impales
	itself
	on the spine of an uncaring porcupine.


14.

	For fires and rages
	below
	care the cool mountain grases not above.


15.

	The brook trout swims
	oblivious
	to the rupture of his gruntlement.


16.

	Sky! Lark on high,
	Terra! snake below
	cannot know the others joy nor woe.


17.

	Zwischen Zwei und Drei
	schon gibt es nichts
	augentlich zu Zahlen.


18.

	Das Atem gibt
	Die Stimmung klang
	Ihrer Atma, Ihr' eig'ne Seele.


19.

	Morgenrot scheint durch
	Nebelschweifen um Tannen
	spaeter, den Abendrot.


20.

	Gazow nit djund
	Wozzektin
	Bog elkhanit lik eed zseipjdlaka.


21.

	Folie feullitte
	entre merde,
	c'est la joyeaux de la monde de mon Dieu.


22.

	Flash! Crack! Rumble! Rain.
	Brilliant thunder rolls wet.
	Pit Pat, death, hidden birth.


23.

	Dark, cold, hoare;
	Fire, sun, heat, mist opake.
	A Clear, azure, cloudless sky.


24.

	Gentian, Crimson, Lotus Pollen,
	Orb incarnadine
	Sinks in ebon.


25.

	Lunga!
	Subito sono io; Subito sono io.
	Io moro.



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