Sejak bertahun-tahun lalu
telah kuucapkan selamat berpisah padamu
telah aku bacakan elegi yang kebingungan
O, aura malaikat-malaikat mati
O, bahasa belalang kabur

(For many years
I bid you goodbye
I read you confused elegies
O, fallen angels
O, flying words)

ADONIS is his name. Gray is the color of his mane, like that of a lion. He may be 78 years old but his voice—particularly when he is about to read one of his poems, like the time