HUSH then      why do you cry?
     It's you and me
     the same as before.
 
     If you hear a rustle¹
     it's only a rabbit
     gone back to his hole
     in a bustle².
 
     If something stirs in the branches
     overhead, it will be a squirrel moving
     uneasily, disturbed by the stress
     of our loving.
 
     Why should you cry then?
     Are you afraid of God
     in the dark?
 
     I'm not afraid of God.
     Let him come forth³.
     If he is hiding in the cover
     let him come forth.
 
     Now in the cool of the day
     it is we who walk in the trees
     ............