“Shrieks from a mountain giving birth”

Shrieks from a mountain giving birth

Her sister the ocean ceases her wild mating

The naked countryside ceases her frantic chase

And rebuffs her lover the wind.

For the golden calf will appear from the laboring flanks

He will arrive unstained from the contracting entrails

Ready to be God for us, people of so little love,

Moses prepare yourself.

Translated from the French