Meaning

My earth would have been a stranger to the meaning of the word water – to the word water – if: water had not glided over the skin of the earth. If: water had not glided into the little well of the earth. If: it had not turned green, verdant, sprout upon sprout: on the body of the earth. If the earth’s hidden bud had not opened. – The fresh laughter of water, in the soft meadow. – This planet would have been dry: dry and empty – if, O great god! – you had not danced joyfully with my body: with your water ...