An eagle descends from this sky white with archangels br And you sustain me br Let them tremble a long while all these lamps br Pray pray for me br The city’s metallic and it’s the only star br Drowned in your blue eyes br When the tramways run spurting pale fire br Over the twittering birds br And all that trembles in your eyes of my dreams br That a lonely man drinks br Under flames of gas red like a false dawn br O clothed your arm is lifted br See the speaker stick his tongue out at the listeners br A phantom has committed suicide br The apostle of the fig-tree hangs and slowly rots br Let us play this love out then to the end br Bells with clear chimes announce your birth br See br The streets are garlanded and the palms advance br Towards theebr br Guillaume Apollinairebr br