The Sky’s Above The Roof

(Found here)

(Sagesse: Bk III, VI)

The sky’s above the roof

          So blue, so calm!

A tree above the roof

          Waves its palm.

The bell in the sky you see

          Gently rings.

A bird on the tree you see

          Sadly sings.

My God, my God, life’s there,

          Simple and sweet.

A peaceful rumbling there,

          The town’s at our feet.

— What have you done, O you there

          Who endlessly cry,

Say: what have you done there

          With Youth gone by?

~Paul Verlaine