Searching news ways of laughing 

ones whereby one could 

express and transform 

all the shattering 

all the gratuitious 

the burdens of guilt 

growing these new ways 

will dawn on us if 

we look hard enough 

searching and finding 

mais l'arbre tombe 

á la terre l'arbre tombe 

le son de ton silence 

m'aide á toucher le fond 

et lac salé de l'âme 

lac salé oû je ?"meurs"? 

le son de ton silence 

m'apprend aussi qu'un jour 

je vainquerai ma douleur 

cette vague de douleur 

qui entre mon bras droit 

searching new ways of yodeling 

once whereby one could 

express and convey 

longlasting virtue 

without destruction 

without rejection 

hoping these new ways 

will dawn on us if 

we look hard enough 

hoping and searching



translation

Searching news ways of laughing 

once whereby one could 

express and transform 

all the shattering 

all the gratitious 

the burdens of guilt 

growing these new ways 

will dawn on us if 

we look hard enough 

searching and finding 

But the tree falls 

to the ground the tree falls again 

the sound of your silence 

helps me touch rock-bottom 

and salted lake of ?"age/old age"? 

salted lake where i ?"die"? 

the sound of your silence 

informs me also 

that I'll vanquish over my pain 

this wave of pain 

which enters my right arm 

searching new ways of yodeling 

once whereby one could 

express and convey 

longlasting virtue 

without destruction 

without rejection 

hoping these new ways 

will dawn on us if 

we look hard enough 

hoping and searching 





translation by david