The Song of a Pregnant Mother

As if water spatters on the dessert
Every time I feel your touch
You, who are hiding
What sign do you want to give?

Is it there, my every whisper?
Do you hear every prayer expression
That I convey in the stillness?
So that you do not feel alone

Please, grow quickly, jewel of my heart
Open your voice, don't doubt
Give your mother a clear sign
When you want to see the world

Not because I'm not willing
To carry you a long time
Not because I mind
Holding you on my lap nights and days

This happiness is simply boundless
To be with you wherever we go

But how we are awaiting
Every tick of the wall clock
Wishing to observe your luminous face
Smooth, white, no stain

(Yanti, Amherst/USA, 1995)