III + 

This is the dead land + 

This is cactus land + 

Here the stone images + 

Are raised, here they receive + 

The supplication of a dead man’s hand + 

Under the twinkle of a fading star. + 

Is it like this + 

In death’s other kingdom + 

Waking alone + 

At the hour when we are + 

Trembling with tenderness + 

Lips that would kiss + 

Form prayers to broken stone. + 