Once when I’m gone

Once when I'm gone
a new dawn awaken out of night
will blossom in the daylight,
permeating with life all the creation
with joy and breeze and roses of salvation.

And the meadows will be revived,
Brimming with birds and their songs,
A gentle breeze of forest breathing, revitalized
permeating with life all the creation
with joy and breeze and roses of salvation.

And the springs will keep flowing,
Making the tumultuous rivers raise their voices,
like the spring roar of black horses
permeating with life all the creation
with joy and breeze and roses of salvation.

And everything imbued with life again
A swarm of bees will be heard,
and the land soaked by rain,
permeating with life all the creation
with joy and breeze and roses of salvation.

Though small and cross-enclosed mounds,
the graves will blossom in such a way,
longing for the God’s Voice to say
Lazarus, wake up!
permeating with life all the creation
with joy and breeze and roses of salvation.

Fotije, Bishop of Zvornik and Tuzla
 

For Information Service of the SOC translated into English by Sanja Simic de Graaf