I hear my mother crying

[Danfree]

I hear my mother crying

This is strange

I have never heard her crying

Her cry sounds so sweet to my ears

She does not speak

She does not have to say anything

I understand her without words

But I say to her

Mammy

Look at the fields and the forests

The huge mountains

The enormous rivers

The high sky

The big oceans

Hear how they are rejoicing toward you

They see you now

They speak to you

You are in them

They are in you

Now I see that my mother is smiling

Smiling and crying

And her cry is so sweet

So wonderful

So pleasing to the ears

It is emanated from the trees, the fields

From the huge mountains

From the enormous rivers which go to the sea

The sea of longing which is never full