god, you have forgotten your god
you have chosen, not as a god
but as a man
you have forgotten you're a god
you've left to destruction
the place where the light rises
where the house of the world receives
the first tear of light
useless prayers and sacrifices in your name
you have chosen one among many
and forgotten the many
and the many disfigured
I want to know
I want to know whether you think about
I want to know whether you think about this destroyed city
you who, they say, sit on the celestial throne
let me know whether you see this city destroyed by fire
my love my husband and friend
you who dead are wandering around
with no tomb with no grave
a ship is taking me by sea
children are crying clinging to the gates
a girl is screaming:
mama mama
they are taking me off from your eyes mama
on to a black ship
towards their land
new blood on blood
is flowing over this land
look mothers
to this child, Astyanax they called him
they are throwing him down from the tower
look at this child
and tell me where is god now.