CHAPTER XXV

 The bird of the morning sings.

 

Whence has he word of the morning before the morning breaks, and when the dragon night still holds the sky in its cold black coils?

 

Tell me, bird of the morning, how, through the twofold night of the sky and the leaves, he found his way into your dream, the messenger out of the east?

 

The world did not believe you when you cried, “The sun is on his way, the night is no more.”

 

O sleeper¹, awake!

 

Bare your forehead, waiting for the first blessing² of light, and sing with the bird of the morning in glad faith.

1 sleeper   

n.睡眠者，卧车，卧铺

参考例句：

• I usually go up to London on the sleeper. 我一般都乘卧车去伦敦。
• But first he explained that he was a very heavy sleeper. 但首先他解释说自己睡觉很沉。

2 blessing   

n.祈神赐福；祷告；祝福，祝愿

参考例句：

• The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。
• A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。