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SAID the Lion to the Lioness-'When you are amber dust,-
SAID the Lion to the Lioness-'When you are amber dust,- No more a raging fire like the heat of the Sun (No liking but all lust)- Remember still the flowering of the amber blood and bone, The rippling of bright muscles like a sea, Remember the rose-prickles of bright paws
Though the fire of that sun the heart and the moon-cold bone are one.' Said the Skeleton lying upon the sands of Time- 'The great gold planet that is the mourning heat of the Sun Is greater than all gold, more powerful Than the tawny body of a Lion that fire consumes Like all that grows or leaps...so is the heart
More powerful than all dust. Once I was Hercules Or Samson, strong as the pillars of the seas: But the flames of the heart consumed me, and the mind Is but a foolish wind.'
Said the Sun to the Moon-'When you are but a lonely white crone, And I, a dead King in my golden armour somewhere in a dark wood, Remember only this of our hopeless love That never till Time is done Will the fire of the heart and the fire of the mind be one.'
The Lion spoke to the Lioness, saying, 'When you become dust, You will no longer be a fierce fire like the Sun's heat. (It's not love, just desire.) Remember the beauty of your blood and bones, The way your strong muscles ripple like the sea. Remember the sharpness of your paws.
Even though the sun's fire, the heart and the cold bone are united.' The Skeleton said while lying on the sands of Time, 'The great golden planet, which is the Sun's mourning heat, Is more significant than all gold, more powerful Than the tawny body of a Lion that fire destroys, Like everything that grows or leaps...so is the heart.
It is stronger than all dust. I was once Hercules Or Samson, as strong as the sea's pillars: But the heart's flames consumed me, and the mind Is just a foolish wind.'
The Sun spoke to the Moon, 'When you are just a lonely old woman, And I am a dead King in my golden armor in a dark forest, Remember this about our hopeless love: That until Time ends, The heart's fire and the mind's fire will never be one.'