You are the daughter of the sea, oreganos first cousin.

you know the deep essence of water and the earth,

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your hands go out to the earth and the seeds swell;

Translated by Stephen Tapscott

Naiad: cut your body into turquoise pi藏书网eces,

This is how you become everything that lives.

that push back the shadows so that you can rest--

they will bloom resurrected in９９ｌiｂ•neｔ the kitchen.

Swimmer, your body is pure as the water;

cook, your blood is qu九-九-藏-书-网ick as the soil.

Submitted by Hen

And so at last, you sleep, in the circle of my arms

conjoined in you like a formula for clay.

Everything you 九*九*藏*书*网do is full of flowers, rich with the earth.

vegetables, seaweed, herbs: the foam of your dreams.

Your eyes go out toward the water, and the waves rise;