Ideal

text by Carmelo Errico

I followed you like a rainbow of peace

along the paths of heaven;

I followed you like a friendly torch

in the veil of darkness,

and I sensed you in the light, in the air,

in the perfume of flowers,

and the solitary room was full

of you and of your radiance.

Absorbed by you, I dreamed a long time

of the sound of your voice,

and earth's every anxiety, every torment

I forgot in that dream.

Come back, dear ideal, for an instant

to smile at me again,

and in your face will shine for me

a new dawn.

translation by John Glenn Paton