Translated by Harvey Moon (UCL – University College London) and read by Julia Behan (University of Leeds)
So high
If God exists,
when I fall for the last time
and finish with this game,
He will lift me
so high and so swift
—somewhat heedless of my fears,
confident in His power,
full beneath His serene love—
just as my father would raise me in his arms
when God was him
and I had just happened
to fall before this moon.
Leído por el autor
Tan alto
Si Dios existe,
cuando me caiga por última vez
y termine este juego,
me alzará tan alto y ligero
—algo indiferente hacia mi miedo,
seguro de su poder,
pleno en su amor sereno—
como me elevaba en brazos mi padre
cuando Dios era él
y yo acababa de caer bajo esta luna.