flowers are blackened with joy
the sky is beautiful as flame
i’m transported by just one day’s worth of flower-labor
how would you like to fly away with me

how would you like a day’s worth of lightning-flashes
how would you like a flower identical with heaven
how would you like several flowers like lightning-flashes
how would you like a fiery sky

hovering just beyond my head
is you my lovely flower-labor
hovering just beyond my head
is you my lovely black flame of joy

translated by Michael Benedikt