So far it is athwart the blue br To where yon star appears, br That for its light to reach our view br Has needed thousand years. br br Maybe that ages gone it shed br Its glow, then languished in the skies, br Yet only now its rays have sped br Their journey to our eyes. br br The icon of the star that died br Slowly the vault ascended; br Time was ere it could first be spied, br We see now what is ended. br br So is it when our love’s aspire br Is hid beneath night’s bowl, br The gleam of its extinguished fire br Enkindles yet our soul. br br (Translated by Corneliu M.