Night in Venice

Written by Dmytro Chystiak  

Translated from the Ukrainian by Hilary Sheers 

 Narrated by Charles Rammelkamp

 A chapel slumbers in the reeds, 

A distant storm slowly turns to blue. 

We’re interweaving into Autumn’s weeds, 

Embrace me with your shadow’s hue. 

Above white marble cypress trees 

Dazzling an abyss of white. 

A snowy city paints my dream, yet flees. 

Embrace me in the dark of night. 

You are not singing – only breathing Spring, 

And stars like sons are bright and high. 

And when the morning starts to softly ring 

Embrace me first then pass me by.