Oh, to be a constellation together with you!

Oh, to be a constellation together with you!

Of Jonathan-and-David,

Of David-and-Jonathan;

To be a joint incandescence in the blue-black arch of space,

To be a sparkling star chart for sailors in their surging ships,

To be a source of comfort and awe for wanderers in the desert,

To be a revelation for dancing shepherd-poets,

To be intermingled with you throughout the grand span of ancient time,

To be a band of blended, fragrant stars upon the prow of earth,

A standard carried before legions

And revered as an absolute truth

That teaches the world belonging-to-belonging.