The First Year
W.S. Merwin * Track #6 On The Rain in the Trees
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The First Year Annotated
When the words had all been used
for other things
we saw the first day begin
out of the calling water
and the black branches
leaves no bigger than your fingertips
were unfolding on the tree of heaven
against the old stained wall
their green sunlight
that had never shone before
waking together we were the first
to see them
and we knew them then
all the languages were foreign and the first
year rose