a dream...

Last night, as I was sleeping,
I dreamt - marvelous error! -
that a spring was breaking out in my heart.
I said: Along which secret aqueduct,
oh water, are you coming to me,
water of a new life that I have never drunk?

Last night, as I was sleeping,

I dreamt - marvelous error! -

that I had a beehive here inside my heart,

and the golden bees were making white combs

and sweet honey from my old failures.

Last night, as I was sleeping,

I dreamt - marvelous error! -

that a fiery sun was giving light inside my heart.

It was fiery because I felt warmth as from a hearth,

and sun because it gave light

and brought tears to my eyes.

Last night, as I slept,

I dreamt - marvelous error! -

that it was God I had here inside my heart.

---Antonio Machado---