As the days pass
And years come and go
The Raven's Road will one day
Beckon you.
And you'll abandon your home
Forgetting all you knew
And go on a far quest
To find the Crystal.
The Raven's Road lies afar
From all the other roads
It's not traversed by those who are alive
To this world and its people.
It's not influenced by the curve
Of the Earths surface
The Raven's Road is obvious -
Straight ahead to the North!
Where the Eternal mountain
Touches the sky,
Where grass is purple
And woods are a mystery.
And further on the path leads
To the Last Bridge.
The one who reaches its end
Achieves Emptiness.
And in that Great Emptiness
See the Crystal
The one refracting God's Light
Like myriad mirrors.
And the multicolored rays
Unite, creating worlds
And nothing else exists
Except for that game!
Mesmerized by play of light
You will sit and stare,
And will no longer remember the Great Light
That belongs to nobody.
And again the days will pass
And years will come and go
Dove's Breath will one day
Flow into you.
And you will rise, overcoming,
And remember all you knew
And laugh like a child
And shatter the Crystal.
a translation by Artem Portnoy
